Choke vs. Chock

[jakjk32]

I learned a new word today!

I couldn't remember how to spell "choke," so I looked up that spelling and my friend's suggestion on dictionary.com.

so...
choke is what I thought it was: to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle. (and a lot of other related definitions)
and
chock is something very different: a wedge or

Comments

[force_oblique]

Hehe!
Didn't know that!!
Then again when I was learning English we stuck to the most common uses of words, so it figures! :)

[jakjk32]

Hahaha, me too, I guess.
I wasn't even aware that chock was a word.