Veto and pocket vetoes both accomplish the same purpose; to block a non-procedural resolution in the United Nations Security Council. How they do this though is where there is a difference. Vetoes are explicit meaning when one of the P5 veto something they are stating and enforcing their veto power. Pocket vetoes however is merely the threat of the use of a veto, this threat can be either in the meetings or outside of the UNSC. The pocket vetoes were responsible for the double veto in the case of Syria.