Difference between Nock and Score

What is the difference between Nock and Score?

Nock as a noun is either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring. while Score as a noun is the total number of points earned by a participant in a game.

Nock

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring. The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring. Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow. To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).

Score

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To earn points in a game.To scratch (paper or cardboard) with a sharp implement to make it easier to fold.To make fine, shallow lines with a sharp implement as cutting indications.To have sexual intercourse.To acquire or gain.To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The total number of points earned by a participant in a game.The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.Twenty, 20 (number).One or more parts of a musical composition in a format indicating how the composition is to be played.A presentation of how many runs a side has scored, and how many wickets have been lost.The number of runs scored by a batsman, or by a side, in either an innings or a match.subject

Example sentence: Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion. That becomes more true the higher the skill level gets.

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