Caw vs Cluck - What's the difference?
caw | cluck |
To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven.
* Shakespeare
The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.
Any sound similar to this.
A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse.
To make such a sound.
To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
* Shakespeare
to suffer withdrawal from heroin.
As nouns the difference between caw and cluck
is that caw is the harsh cry of a crow while cluck is the sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.As verbs the difference between caw and cluck
is that caw is to make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven while cluck is to make such a sound.caw
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Verb
(en verb)- Rising and cawing at the gun's report.
Anagrams
* * English onomatopoeias ----cluck
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Alternative forms
* (l) (dialectal) * (l)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- She, poor hen, fond of no second brood, / Has clucked three to the wars.