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Crankle vs Cankle - What's the difference?

crankle | cankle |

As nouns the difference between crankle and cankle

is that crankle is a bend, twist or crinkle while cankle is an obese or otherwise swollen ankle that blends into the calf without clear demarcation.

As a verb crankle

is to bend, turn, or wind.

crankle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a bend, twist or crinkle

    • Verb

    (crankl)
  • To bend, turn, or wind.
  • * Drayton
    • Along the crankling path.
  • To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.
  • * J. Philips
    • Old Vaga's stream drew her humid train aslope, / Crankling her banks.

    cankle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, pejorative) An obese or otherwise swollen ankle that blends into the calf without clear demarcation.
  • * 2001 , :
    • Hey, all l’m saying is she’s got cankles', for God’s sake. ''What?'' ' Cankles ! She’s got no ankles. It’s like the calf merged with the foot, cut out the middleman.
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  • * 2007 , Family Guy , season 5, "Bill And Peter's Bogus Journey":
    • Now that's a cankle! Where does the calf fat end and the ankle fat begin? Who knows, that's the fun!
  • * 2008 , 13 September, Saturday Night Live :
    • Amy Poeler as Hillary Clinton: Stop saying I have cankles !