What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Crare vs Crake - What's the difference?

crare | crake |

As nouns the difference between crare and crake

is that crare is a slow unwieldy trading vessel while crake is .

crare

English

Alternative forms

* craie * cray * crayer

Noun

(en noun)
  • A slow unwieldy trading vessel.
  • * William Shakespeare
    • Who ever yet could sound thy bottom? find / The ooze, to show what coast thy sluggish crare / Might easiliest harbour in?

    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.

    Anagrams

    * *