Packet vs. Pocket
Difference Between Packet and Pocket
Packetnoun
A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
Don't throw the crisp packet on the floor!a packet of lettersa packet of crispsa packet of biscuitsPocketnoun
A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
Packetnoun
(nautical) Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia).
Pocketnoun
Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.
I paid for it out of my own pocket.Packetnoun
(botany) A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.
Pocketnoun
An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
Packetnoun
(networking) A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
Pocketnoun
An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.Packetnoun
(South Africa) A plastic bag.
Pocketnoun
(Australia) An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
Packetnoun
(colloquial) A manbulge.
Pocketnoun
(Australian rules football) The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.
Packetnoun
(informal) A large amount of money.
It'll cost a packet to fix this.''Pocketnoun
(American football) The region directly behind the offensive line in which the quarterback executes plays.
Packetverb
(transitive) To make up into a packet or bundle.
Pocketnoun
(military) An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
Packetverb
(transitive) To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
Pocketnoun
(rugby) The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.
Packetverb
(intransitive) To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
Pocketnoun
A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries; the pocket of wool held about 168 pounds.
Packetverb
To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent.
Pocketnoun
(architecture) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.
Packetnoun
a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
Pocketnoun
(mining) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
Packetnoun
(computer science) a message or message fragment
Pocketnoun
(nautical) A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
Packetnoun
a small package or bundle
Pocketnoun
The pouch of an animal.
Packetnoun
a boat for carrying mail
Pocketnoun
(bowling) The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.
Pocketnoun
A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.
Pocketnoun
A bight on a lee shore.
Pocketnoun
(dentistry) A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.
Pocketnoun
A small, isolated group or area.
Pocketverb
(transitive) To put (something) into a pocket.
Pocketverb
To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
Pocketverb
To take and keep (something, especially money that is not one's own).
Record executives pocketed most of the young singer's earnings.Pocketverb
To shoplift; to steal. en
The thief was caught on camera pocketing the diamond.Pocketverb
To put up with; to bear without complaint.
Pocketadjective
Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.
a pocket dictionaryPocketadjective
Smaller or more compact than usual.
pocket battleship, pocket beachPocketadjective
Referring to the two initial hole cards.
a pocket pair of kingsPocketnoun
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
Pocketnoun
an enclosed space;
the trapped miners found a pocket of airPocketnoun
a supply of money;
they dipped into the taxpayers' pocketsPocketnoun
(bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins next bnehind it on the right or left;
the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strikePocketnoun
a hollow concave shape made by removing something
Pocketnoun
a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
Pocketnoun
a small isolated group of people;
they were concentrated in pockets inside the citythe battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistancePocketnoun
(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
Pocketnoun
an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
Pocketverb
put in one's pocket;
He pocketed the changePocketverb
take unlawfully
