Sucket vs. Socket — What's the Difference?

A candied fruit sweetmeat

An opening or a cavity into which an inserted part is designed to fit

A sweetmeat; a dainty morsel.

The concave part of a joint that receives the end of a bone.

A hollow or concavity into which a part, such as the eye, fits.

To furnish with or insert into a socket.

(mechanics) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).

(anatomy) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.

(computing) One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.

(computing) One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.

A hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring.

The hollow of a candlestick.

A steel apparatus attached to a saddle to protect the thighs and legs.

To place or fit in a socket.

An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.

Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.

The receptacle of an electric lamp into which a light bulb is inserted, containing contacts to conduct electricity to the bulb.

The receptacle fixed in a wall and connected by conductive wiring to an electrical supply, containing contacts to conduct electricity, and into which the plug of an electrical device is inserted; - called also a wall socket or outlet. The socket will typically have two or three contacts; if three, the third is connected to a ground for safety.

A bony hollow into which a structure fits

Receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted

A receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted