Clane vs Clank - What's the difference?
clane | clank |
* {{quote-book, year=1857, author=Frank J. Webb, title=The Garies and Their Friends, chapter=, edition=
, passage=One o' 'em, night before last, split Mikey Dolan's head clane open, and it's a small chance of his life he's got to comfort himself wid." " }}
* {{quote-book, year=1919, author=Grace S. Richmond, title=The Brown Study, chapter=, edition=
, passage=So it's clane she is, if she ain't got into no mischief the half hour." }}
To make a clanking sound
To cause to sound with a clank.
As an adjective clane
is .As a noun clank is
a loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.As a verb clank is
to make a clanking sound.clane
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Anagrams
*clank
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Derived terms
* clankless * clankyUsage notes
* Clank'' usually expresses a duller or less resounding sound than ''clang'', and a deeper and stronger sound than ''clink .Verb
(en verb)- The chains clanked .
- The prisoners clank their chains.