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Craw vs Oesophagus - What's the difference?

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Craw is a related term of oesophagus.


As nouns the difference between craw and oesophagus

is that craw is (archaic) the stomach of an animal while oesophagus is (anatomy) the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.

As a verb craw

is (archaic) to caw, crow, for certain birds to make their cry.

craw

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) The stomach of an animal.
  • The crop of a bird.

    • Synonyms

    * crop * gullet

    Derived terms

    * stick in one’s craw

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) to caw, crow, for certain birds to make their cry
  • *{{quote-book, year=1828, author=David Macbeth Moir, title=The Life of Mansie Wauch, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The night was now pitmirk; the wind soughed amid the head-stones and railings of the gentry, (for we must all die,) and the black corbies in the steeple-holes cackled and crawed in a fearsome manner. }}

    oesophagus

    English

    Alternative forms

    * esophagus (US spelling) * (older UK spelling)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.

    • Synonyms

    * gullet * weasand

    Derived terms

    * oesophageal * oesophagectomy * oesophagitis

    See also

    * (oesophagus) English nouns with irregular plurals