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Cranked vs Craked - What's the difference?

cranked | craked |

As verbs the difference between cranked and craked

is that cranked is past tense of crank while craked is past tense of crake.

As an adjective cranked

is formed with, or having, a bend or crank.

cranked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (crank)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Formed with, or having, a bend or crank.
    • a cranked axle

    craked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crake)

    • crake

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Crake

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , itself onomatopoeic. (Rallidae)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.
    • Derived terms
    * Baillon's crake * brown crake * Colombian crake * corncrake * cracker * water crake

    Verb

    (crak)
  • To cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake.

    • Etymology 2

    See crack

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A crack; a boast.

    • Verb

    (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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