Cracked vs Creaked - What's the difference?
cracked | creaked |
Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.
Broken into coarse pieces.
(of a voice) Harsh or dissonant.
(slang) Crazy; crackpot.
(crack)
(creak)
To make a prolonged sharp grating]] or [[squeak, squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.
* 1856 , Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), (Gustave Flaubert) (author), (Madame Bovary), Part III, Chapter 10:
* 1901 , , (w, The Monkey's Paw):
To produce a creaking sound with.
* Shakespeare
* 20th century , Theodore Roethke,
As verbs the difference between cracked and creaked
is that cracked is past tense of crack while creaked is past tense of creak.As an adjective cracked
is broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.cracked
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (broken so that cracks appear ): crazed * (broken into coarse pieces ): * (of a voice ): discordant, dissonant, harsh, inharmonious, raspy, rough * (slang: crazy ): See alsoDerived terms
* cracked up * cracked wheat * not all it's cracked up to beVerb
(head)creaked
English
Verb
(head)- The old wooden floor creaked as he paced across the room.
creak
English
Verb
(en verb)- Then when the four ropes were arranged the coffin was placed upon them. He watched it descend; it seemed descending for ever. At last a thud was heard; the ropes creaked as they were drawn up.
- He heard the creaking of the bolt as it came slowly back, and at the same moment he found the monkey's paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish.
- Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry.
On the Road to Woodlawn
- I miss the polished brass, the powerful black horses,
- The drivers creaking the seats of the baroque hearses