Main Difference
The main difference between Pillory and Stocks is that the Pillory is a whipping-post and Stocks is a restraint and punishment device.
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Pillory
The pillory is a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used for punishment by public humiliation and often further physical abuse. The pillory is related to the stocks.The word is documented in English since 1274 (attested in Anglo-Latin from c. 1189), and stems from Old French pellori (1168; modern French pilori, see below), itself from medieval Latin pilloria, of uncertain origin, perhaps a diminutive of Latin pila “pillar, stone barrier”.
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Stocks
Stocks are restraining devices that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation.
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Pillory (noun)
A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
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Pillory (verb)
To put in a pillory.
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Pillory (verb)
To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse.
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Pillory (verb)
To criticize harshly.
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Stocks (noun)
A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
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Stocks (noun)
The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.