“Coax” or “Cokes”—Which to use?

“Coax” or “Cokes”

Overview

coax / cokes are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

coax: NA

cokes: (noun) carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal. (noun) street names for cocaine. (verb) become coke.

Pronunciation

coax: k·OW·k·s

cokes: k·OW·k·s

Trends

📈 See Trends

Looking for a tool that handles this for you wherever you write?

Get Sapling

Examples in Context

Examples of “coax”

…in which they attempt to coax him out of the house.
He tries to coax Roberto into offering approval of…
…Genesis in an attempt to coax it out of Jesse Custer…
COAX - Trinity Rail Management, Inc.
Harry is able to coax Dana from the tower crane…
…and eventually Trenchant managed to coax 14 Japanese to accept rescue;…
…control, unlike the satellite and coax services.

Examples of “cokes”

Coke's hartebeest
…his most popular programme was Cokes and Vanthilt, with co-presenter Marcel
Cokes also presented Channel Four's hit…
In 1994, Cokes released a single titled "Simply
under the name Ray Cokes & the Sex Gods featuring…
Ray Cokes
Ray Cokes (born Raymond Christopher Cokes on…
Cokes' subsequent work includes presenting En…
In September 2011, Cokes hosted the Sunday afternoon show…
Cokes also worked as the compère…

(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license. Definitions drawn from WordNet.)

Too Much to Remember?

Install Sapling