Notch vs. Nock — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Notch and Nock
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Definitions
Notch
A V-shaped cut.
Nock
The groove at either end of a bow for holding the bowstring.
Notch
Such a cut used for keeping a record.
Nock
The notch in the end of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
Notch
A narrow pass between mountains.
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Nock
To put a nock in (a bow or arrow).
Notch
(Informal) A level or degree
A notch or two higher in quality.
Nock
To fit (an arrow) to a bowstring.
Notch
To cut a notch in.
Nock
Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
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Notch
To record by or as if by making notches
Notched the score on a stick.
Nock
(archery) The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
Notch
(Informal) To achieve; score
Notched 30 wins in a single season.
Nock
(nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.
Notch
A V-shaped cut.
Nock
(transitive) To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow. pos=verb.}}
Notch
Such a cut, used for keeping a record.
The notches in that tribe's warrior axe handles stand for killed enemies.
Nock
(transitive) To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).
Notch
An indentation.
Nock
A notch.
He took his arrow by the nock.
Notch
A mountain pass; a defile.
Nock
The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.
Notch
(finance) A discontinuous change in a taxation schedule.
Nock
To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow.
Notch
(informal) A level or degree.
This car is a notch better than the other.
Can you speak a notch louder, please?
Nock
Make small marks into the surface of;
Score the clay before firing it
Notch
(electronics) A portion of a mobile phone that overlaps the edge of the screen, used to house camera, sensors etc. while maximizing screen space.
Notch
(transitive) To cut a notch in (something).
Notch
(transitive) To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.
The tribe's hunters notch their kills by notches on each's axe's handle.
Notch
(transitive) To join by means of notches.
Notch
To achieve (something); to add to one's score or record of successes.
Notch up
The team notched a pair of shutout wins on Sunday.
Notch
(transitive) To fit (an arrow) to a bow by means of the notch cut at the end of the arrow; to nock.
Notch
A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
And on the stick ten equal notches makes.
Notch
A narrow passage between two elevations; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.
Notch
To cut or make notches in; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick.
Notch
To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.
God is all sufferance; here he doth showNo arrow notched, only a stringless bow.
Notch
A V-shaped indentation;
Mandibular notch
Notch
The location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks;
We got through the pass before it started to snow
Notch
A V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface;
There were four notches in the handle of his revolver
Notch
A small cut
Notch
Cut or make a notch into;
Notch the rope
Notch
Notch a surface to record something
