Difference between Sack and Hammock

What is the difference between Sack and Hammock?

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. while 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.

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: I'm not a potato sack; I've never sat on my couch. If I'm home, I'm cleaning, feeding my dogs, doing stuff. Life is too precious to waste time.

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: There are many terms that have been used to describe me: man, comedian, disappointment, hammock enthusiast.

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

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