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head vs dock

dock vs head

head and dock both are nouns.

head and dock both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
head Yes No Yes No
dock Yes No Yes No
As verbs, dock is a hyponym of head; that is, dock is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than head:
  • head: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
  • dock: maneuver into a dock
Other hyponyms of head include sheer, pull over, helm, crab, navigate, stand out, starboard, conn, navigate, pilot, channel, corner, tree, park.
head (noun) dock (noun)
oral stimulation of the genitals the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
a single domestic animal a short or shortened tail of certain animals
a projection out from one end landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out
a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
the striking part of a tool a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
the subject matter at issue
(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
forward movement
a difficult juncture
the front of a military formation or procession
the top of something
the source of water from which a stream arises
the part in the front or nearest the viewer
the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
a rounded compact mass
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
a person who is in charge
the educator who has executive authority for a school
a user of (usually soft) drugs
an individual person
the pressure exerted by a fluid
a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
head (verb) dock (verb)
remove the head of maneuver into a dock
to go or travel towards remove or shorten the tail of an animal
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling come into dock
travel in front of; go in advance of others deduct from someone's wages
be in charge of deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
be in the front of or on top of
be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
form a head or come or grow to a head
take its rise
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