How do you pronounce 호박? (pumpkin)
Ho back?
Ho bock?

I'm having trouble differentiating 박 and 벅.

Question

How do you pronounce 호박? (pumpkin)
Ho back?
Ho bock?

I'm having trouble differentiating 박 and 벅.

Answer

Ho back=호박
벅 - pock
between two vowels ㅂ= b

Answer

difference betweenㅏ and ㅓ 
ㅏ is to be pronounced as; AH
ㅓ is to be pronounced as; UH
not to be confused with ㅐ which is pronounced EH
back is more like beck right?

so 호 박 would be more like ho-bahk

Answer

호박[hobAk]
Like, h-oh-b-ah-k.

벅[buk]
Like, b-uh-k.