Difference between Hammock and Sack

What is the difference between Hammock and Sack?

Hammock as a noun is a swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends. while Sack as a noun is a bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.

Hammock

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends. A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also attributively; as, hammock land. - Bartlett

Example sentence: I take my laptop everywhere with me, and I will write on long journeys. I will write sitting in my hammock in the middle of the rainforest. When everybody else is chilling out after filming, I am usually writing!

Sack

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.Loot or booty obtained by pillage.A successful tackle of the quarterback. See verb sense3 below.One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense4 below.Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.(also sacque) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a Watteau back or sack-back, fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.The scrotum.A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put in a sack or sacks.To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.To tackle, usually to tackle the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before he is able to throw a pass.To discharge from a job or position; to fire.In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.

Example sentence: The competitive pressure to produce, buy, and sell to our global multi-national companies is so intense that contractors in supply chains are motivated to pay low wages, intensify exploitative conditions, keep workers fearful with insecure work contracts, or simply sack workers who have formed a union to fight back.

We hope you now know whether to use Hammock or Sack in your sentence.

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