Cower vs Grovel - What's the difference?
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To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
* Dryden
* Goldsmith
To be prone on the ground.
To crawl
To abase oneself before another person.
To be nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.
To take pleasure in mundane activities.
As verbs the difference between cower and grovel
is that cower is {{cx|intransitive|lang=en}} To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear while grovel is to be prone on the ground.cower
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) kuren or from Scandinavian ((etyl) . Unrelated to coward, which is of Latin origin.Verb
(en verb)- He'd be useless in war. He'd just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over.
- Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire.
- Like falcons, cowering on the nest.