coax, cokes

Coax or coax means to influence or persuade, usually with flattery or other pleasant wiles--
See if you can coax the baby into putting on his shoes.
Don't try to coax her; just let her alone if she doesn't want to come with us.

Cokes or cokes ( rhymes with coax ) is the plural of "coke", meaning the popular soda--
Two cokes and two burgers, please.
The kids left their cokes on the counter.

Coke's ( rhymes with coax ) would most commonly be a contraction ( short, informal form ) of "coke is"--
This coke's warm.
My coke's empty.
Coke's might also be the possessive ( belonging to )  form of "coke"--
He likes the coke's flavor, but not the bubbles.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"Maybe we could coax the kids to help if we offered them a couple of cokes."

Note--"coax" ( pronounced koh axe ) may be a short name for "coaxial cable", the kind used for cable TV connection--
I can't hook this up until I get some more coax.