The Captain’s Log

Pontifications of The Great and Terrible Captain Cucamunga.

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:03:41 EST

Block Versus Bloc

Block
A block is a solid object with flat sides such as those made of stone or concrete that are used in construction, those made of wood or plastic that are used as children's toys, blocks of cheese, or those made of wood or plastic that are used as kitchen cutting surfaces.
A block is the physical unit of composition of cities. City blocks are delineated by the streets that surround the blocks and separate them from other blocks.
A block is a (physical or figurative) conglomeration of similar items such as a block of apartments, a block of tickets, a block of seats, or a block of shares. Block is only applied to conglomerations of non-rectangular physical items if those items resemble a physical block when conglomerated.
Bloc
In English, a bloc is a group of people united by a common purpose or belief. Bloc is the French word for Block. In French, the word carries the additional meaning of group.