Creek vs Creak - What's the difference?
creek | creak |
A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
(Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
Any turn or winding.
To make a prolonged sharp grating]] or [[squeak, squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.
* 1856 , Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), (Gustave Flaubert) (author), (Madame Bovary), Part III, Chapter 10:
* 1901 , , (w, The Monkey's Paw):
To produce a creaking sound with.
* Shakespeare
* 20th century , Theodore Roethke,
As nouns the difference between creek and creak
is that creek is a small inlet or bay, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats while creak is the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.As a proper noun Creek
is the Muskogean language of the Creek tribe.As an adjective Creek
is of or pertaining to the Creek tribe.As a verb creak is
to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.creek
English
Noun
(wikipedia creek) (en noun)Synonyms
* beck, brook, burn, streamDerived terms
* up the creekReferences
creak
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Verb
(en verb)- Then when the four ropes were arranged the coffin was placed upon them. He watched it descend; it seemed descending for ever. At last a thud was heard; the ropes creaked as they were drawn up.
- He heard the creaking of the bolt as it came slowly back, and at the same moment he found the monkey's paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish.
- Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry.
On the Road to Woodlawn
- I miss the polished brass, the powerful black horses,
- The drivers creaking the seats of the baroque hearses
