Stocks vs. Bonds

Stocksnoun

(plurale tantum) A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.

Stocksnoun

The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.

Stocksnoun

a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the neck and hands; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn

Stocks

Stocks are feet restraining devices that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation.

Bondsnoun

imprisonment, captivity

Bondsnoun

the condition of goods in a bonded warehouse until duty is paid