Bork vs. Bark: What's the Difference?

Bork and Bark Definitions
Bork
To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.
Bark
The harsh sound uttered by a dog.
Bork
To misconfigure, break, or damage, especially a computer or other complex device.
Bark
A sound, such as a cough, that is similar to a dog's bark.
Bork
To become broken or damaged, especially of a computer or other complex device.
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Bark
The tough outer covering of the woody stems and roots of trees, shrubs, and other woody plants. It includes all tissues outside the vascular cambium.
Bork
(of a dog) To bark
Bark
A specific kind of bark used for a special purpose, as in tanning or medicine.
Bork
To boink.
Bark
A sailing ship with from three to five masts, all of them square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft rigged.
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Bork
(informal) The bald notothen or bald rockcod (Pagothenia borchgrevinki), a species of cod icefish (Nototheniidae) native to the Southern Ocean.
Bark
A small vessel that is propelled by oars or sails.
Bork
The sound a dog makes.
Bark
To utter a bark.
Bark
To make a sound similar to a bark
"The birds bark softly, sounding almost like young pups" (Charleston SC News and Courier).
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Bark
To speak sharply; snap
"a spot where you can just drop in ... without anyone's barking at you for failing to plan ahead" (Andy Birsh).
Bark
To work as a barker, as at a carnival.
Bark
To utter in a loud, harsh voice
The quarterback barked out the signals.
Bark
To remove bark from (a tree or log).
Bark
To rub off the skin of; abrade
Barked my shin on the car door.
Bark
To tan or dye (leather or fabric) by steeping in an infusion of bark.
Bark
To treat (a patient) using a medicinal bark infusion.
Bark
(intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
The neighbour's dog is always barking.
The seal barked as the zookeeper threw fish into its enclosure.
Bark
(intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
Bark
(transitive) To speak sharply.
The sergeant barked an order.
Bark
To strip the bark from; to peel.
Bark
To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
To bark one’s heel
Bark
To girdle.
Bark
To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
Bark the roof of a hut
Bark
The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
Bark
(figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
Bark
The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
Bark
(medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
Bark
Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
Bark
The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
Bark
The envelopment or outer covering of anything.
Bark
(obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
Bark
(poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
Bark
(watercraft) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
Bark
To strip the bark from; to peel.
Bark
To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
Bark
To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.
Bark
To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; - said of some animals, but especially of dogs.
Bark
To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics.
Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed.
Bark
The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.
Bark
Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
Bark
A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
Bark
Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
Bark
A noise resembling the bark of a dog
Bark
A sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
Bark
The sound made by a dog
Bark
Speak in an unfriendly tone;
She barked into the dictaphone
Bark
Cover with bark
Bark
Remove the bark of a tree
Bark
Make barking sounds;
The dogs barked at the stranger
Bark
Tan (a skin) with bark tannins