Nook vs Cranny - What's the difference?
nook | cranny |
A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess or ancone.
A hidden or secluded spot.
A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
* Arbuthnot
* Dryden
A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
To break into, or become full of, crannies.
* Golding
To haunt or enter by crannies.
* Byron
As nouns the difference between nook and cranny
is that nook is a small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess or ancone while cranny is a small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.As a verb cranny is
to break into, or become full of, crannies.As an adjective cranny is
quick; giddy; thoughtless.nook
English
Noun
(en noun)- There was a small broom for sweeping ash kept in the nook between the fireplace bricks and the wall.
- The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks ; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy.
Derived terms
* nookerycranny
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) crany, .Noun
(crannies)- He peeped into every cranny .
- In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted to the crannies .
Verb
- The ground did cranny everywhere.
- All tenantless, save to the crannying wind.