Acetose vs Crabbed - What's the difference?
acetose | crabbed | Related terms |
Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
Cramped, bent.
* 1800(?) Robert Southey, Winter
(of handwriting) Crowded together and difficult to read.
(crab)
Acetose is a related term of crabbed.
As adjectives the difference between acetose and crabbed
is that acetose is sour like vinegar; acetous while crabbed is bad-tempered or cantankerous.As a verb crabbed is
(crab).crabbed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A wrinkled crabbed man they picture thee,
- Old Winter, with a rugged beard as grey
- As the long moss upon the apple-tree;