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Cockcrow vs Cockscrow - What's the difference?

cockcrow | cockscrow |

As nouns the difference between cockcrow and cockscrow

is that cockcrow is the time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light while cockscrow is the crowing of a cock.

cockcrow

English

Alternative forms

* cock-crow

Noun

(en noun)
  • The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light

    • cockscrow

    English

    Noun

  • The crowing of a cock.
  • * 1872 , Richard D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone
    • What a goodly noise they kept, what a flapping of their wings, and a jerking of their tails, as they stood right up and tried with a whistling in their throats to imitate a cockscrow !