Pocky vs. Rocky — What's the Difference?

Pocky (ポッキー, Pokkī, Japanese pronunciation: [poꜜkkiː] (listen)) is a snack food produced by Ezaki Glico. Pocky was first sold in 1966, and was invented by Yoshiaki Koma.

Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It tells the rags to riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated, kind-hearted working class Italian-American boxer, working as a debt collector for a loan shark in the slums of Philadelphia.

A pustule caused by smallpox or a similar eruptive disease.

Consisting of, containing, or abounding in rock or rocks.

A mark or scar left in the skin by such a pustule; a pockmark.

Resembling or suggesting rock; firm or hard.

To mark with pocks; pit.

Steadfast or stubborn; unyielding

Covered in pock marks; specifically, pox-ridden, syphilitic.

Marked by obstructions or difficulties

Full of pocks; affected with smallpox or other eruptive disease.

Inclined or prone to sway or totter; unsteady or shaky

Appearing inclined to fail; discouraging or disappointing

Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.

Like a rock; rigid, solid.

(Of an animal or plant) Having a habitat around or on rocks.

Not easily affected or impressed; stony; hard; obdurate; unfeeling.

Easily rocked; unstable.

(figuratively)

Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.

Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).

In the style of rock music.

Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.

Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield.

Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom.

Abounding in rocks or stones;

Liable to rock;

Full of hardship or trials;