Ok vs. Ko: What's the Difference?
"Ok" indicates agreement, approval, or acknowledgment, while "Ko" is not commonly used in American English and can be a typographical error or abbreviation in different contexts.
Ok and Ko Definitions
Ok
In proper or satisfactory operational or working order
Is the battery OK?.
Ko
(game of go) ko fight
Black wins the ko easily.
Ok
Satisfactory or agreeable; acceptable
Was everything OK with your stay?.
Ko
To knock out, as in boxing.
Ok
Correct
That answer is OK.
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Ko
A knockout, as in boxing.
Ok
Barely satisfactory; mediocre
Made an OK presentation.
Ko
(game of go) A local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.
Black gets an easy game by just filling the ko.
Ok
Uninjured or not seriously injured
The skier fell but was OK.
Ko
(game of go) a stone in a ko in atari, a ko stone
Black recaptures the ko and white has to find another ko threat.
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Ok
Fairly healthy
Thanks to the medicine, the patient is OK now.
Ko
A knockout; a blow that renders the opponent unconscious; - used especially in boxing.
Ok
Approval; agreement
Get your supervisor's OK before taking a day off.
Ko
To knock out; to deliver a blow that renders (the opponent) unconscious; - used especially in boxing.
Ok
Fine; well enough; adequately
A television that works OK despite its age.
Ko
A blow that renders the opponent unconscious
Ok
Used to express approval or agreement.
Ok
To approve of or agree to; authorize.
Ok
(informal) OK
Ok
A state in south central United States
Ok
An endorsement;
They gave us the O.K. to go ahead
Ok
Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition;
An all-right movie
The passengers were shaken up but are all right
Is everything all right?
Everything's fine
Things are okay
Dinner and the movies had been fine
Another minute I'd have been fine
Ok
Sentence-initial expression of agreement
