Punch vs Hack - What's the Difference?
Definition as Noun
- a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
- a horse kept for hire
- a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
- a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- a mediocre and disdained writer
- an old or over-worked horse
- a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
Definition as Noun
- an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- a tool for making holes or indentations
Definition as Verb
- cut away
- kick on the arms
- kick on the shins
- cut with a hacking tool
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- significantly cut up a manuscript
- fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
- cough spasmodically
Definition as Verb
- drive forcibly as if by a punch
- make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
- deliver a quick blow to
Examples
- "he hacked his way through the forest"
- "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
- "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"
- "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
- "I gave him a clout on his nose"
- "the nail punched through the wall"
- "perforate the sheets of paper"
- "he punched me in the stomach"