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Caw vs Maw - What's the difference?

caw | maw |

As nouns the difference between caw and maw

is that caw is the harsh cry of a crow while maw is the stomach, especially of an animal.

As a verb caw

is to make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven.

caw

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The harsh cry of a crow.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Rising and cawing at the gun's report.

    Anagrams

    * * English onomatopoeias ----

    maw

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) mawe, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) the stomach, especially of an animal
  • * 1667 , , Paradise Lost, Book X
    • So Death shall be deceav'd his glut, and with us two / Be forc'd to satisfie his Rav'nous Maw .
  • the upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a ravenous creature.
  • * 1818 , , Endymion
    • To save poor lambkins from the eagle's maw
  • any great, insatiable or perilous opening.
  • Appetite; inclination.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • Unless you had more maw to do me good.

    Etymology 2

    By shortening of mother

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialect, colloquial) Mother.

    • Etymology 3

    See .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gull.

    • Anagrams

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