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Cranks vs Branks - What's the difference?

cranks | branks |

As nouns the difference between cranks and branks

is that cranks is plural of lang=en while branks is a punishment device, especially for scolding women, consisting of a cage to enclose the head, with a metal gag for the mouth.

As a verb cranks

is third-person singular of crank.

cranks

English

Noun

(head) (plural )
  • The fans.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (crank)

    • branks

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (plurale tantum) a punishment device, especially for scolding women, consisting of a cage to enclose the head, with a metal gag for the mouth
  • :* 1836': Plot, in his History of Staffordshire, describes the '''branks used at Newcastle-under-Lyme, and at Walsall, in the reign of James II. — ''The Gentleman's Magazine , July 1836 p.98