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Cram vs Cray - What's the difference?

cram | cray |

As nouns the difference between cram and cray

is that cram is the act of cramming while cray is a crayfish or lobster.

As a verb cram

is to ; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people.

As an adjective cray is

(slang) crazy.

cram

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of cramming.
  • Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination.
  • A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.
  • Verb

    (cramm)
  • To ; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people.
  • To fill with food to ; to stuff.
  • To put through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his tutor.
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  • To , and to satiety; to stuff.
  • To make crude or study.
  • Derived terms

    * cram school

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    cray

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A crayfish or lobster.
  • Etymology 2

    From crazy by shortening.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang) Crazy.
  • * 2010 , Cory Giger, " NFL commish slaps Steelers in face with weak punishment of Seymour", The Altoona Mirror (Altoona, Pennsylvania), 23 November 2010:
  • That small of a fine for that kind of blatant disregard is cray .
  • * 2012 , " Sharm x Savoy + Kiss = Happy RWD", Fazer , Issue 127, September 2012, page 80:
  • Before his set, RWD somehow found time to back a quick vodka shot in the Ice Bar downstairs - yes we're aware an ice bar in the desert is cray .
  • * 2013 , Dani Kellner, " 20 Things Your Ten Year Old Self Could Do at Cornell", Slope , Spring 2013, page 18:
  • Also, make sure you look both ways first, because the traffic is cray .
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