Cop vs. Sop

Cop vs. Sop — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Cop and Sop

Copnoun

(obsolete) A spider.

Sopnoun

Something entirely soaked.

Copnoun

A police officer or prison guard.

Sopnoun

A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.

Copnoun

(crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.

Sopnoun

Something given or done to pacify or bribe.

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Copnoun

(obsolete) The top, summit, especially of a hill.

Sopnoun

A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person; a milksop

Copnoun

(obsolete) The crown (of the head); also the head itself.

The stature is bowed down in age, the cop is depressed.

Sopnoun

(Appalachian) Gravy.

Copnoun

A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.

Sopnoun

(obsolete) A thing of little or no value.

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Copnoun

A merlon.

Sopnoun

A piece of turf placed in the road as a target for a throw in road bowling.

Copverb

To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.

Sopverb

(transitive) To steep or dip in any liquid.

Copverb

(transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.

When caught, he would often cop a vicious blow from his father

Sopverb

(intransitive) To soak in, or be soaked; to percolate.

Copverb

To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.

Sopnoun

piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid

Copverb

(transitive) To steal.

Sopnoun

a concession given to mollify or placate;

the offer was a sop to my feelings

Copverb

(transitive) To adopt.

No need to cop an attitude with me, junior.

Sopnoun

a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely;

rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries

Copverb

(transitive) To earn by bad behavior.

Sopverb

give a conciliatory gift or bribe to

Copverb

to admit, especially to a crime.

I already copped to the murder. What else do you want from me?Harold copped to being known as "Dirty Harry".

Sopverb

be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid

Copnoun

uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

Sopverb

dip into liquid;

sop bread into the sauce

Copverb

take by theft;

Someone snitched my wallet!

Sopverb

mop so as to leave a semi-dry surface;

swab the floors

Copverb

take into custody;

the police nabbed the suspected criminals

Sopverb

become thoroughly soaked or saturated with liquid

Sopverb

cover with liquid; pour liquid onto;

souse water on his hot face