Crake vs Crane - What's the difference?
crake | crane |
To cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake.
(obsolete) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
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A large bird of the order Gruiformes'' and the family ''Gruidae having long legs and a long neck which it extends when flying.
A mechanical lifting device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
(nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
To extend (one's neck).
To raise or lower with, or as if with, a .
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As nouns the difference between crake and crane
is that crake is any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills while crane is a large bird of the order Gruiformes and the family Gruidae having long legs and a long neck which it extends when flying.As verbs the difference between crake and crane
is that crake is to cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake while crane is to extend (one's neck).As a proper noun Crane is
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Alternative forms
* CrakeEtymology 1
From (etyl) , itself onomatopoeic. (Rallidae)Derived terms
* Baillon's crake * brown crake * Colombian crake * corncrake * cracker * water crakeVerb
(crak)Etymology 2
See crackVerb
(crak)- Each man may crake of that which was his own.
Anagrams
* *crane
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* black crowned crane * black-necked crane * blue crane * common crane * cranefly * demoiselle crane * grey crowned crane * hooded crane * red-crowned crane * sandhill crane * sarus crane * Siberian crane * wattled crane * white-naped crane * whooping craneSee also
* egret * heron * storkVerb
(cran)- (George Eliot)
- What engines, what instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the centre, to the highest heavens.
- an upstart craned up to the height he has