Crake vs Crape - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between crake and crape

is that crake is any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills while crape is crepe.

is that crake is to cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake while crape is to form into ringlets; to curl or crimp.

* Crake

From (etyl) , itself onomatopoeic. (Rallidae)

(en noun)

Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.

* Baillon's crake * brown crake * Colombian crake * corncrake * cracker * water crake

(crak)

To cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake.

See crack

(en noun)

(obsolete) A crack; a boast.

(crak)

(obsolete) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.

* The Mirror for Magistrates

Each man may crake of that which was his own.

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Crepe.

Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband.

(crap)

To form into ringlets; to curl or crimp.

a machine for craping silk

The hour for curling and craping the hair. — Madame d'Arblay.

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