Creak vs Gnash - What's the difference?
creak | gnash |
To make a prolonged sharp grating]] or [[squeak, squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.
* 1856 , Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), (Gustave Flaubert) (author), (Madame Bovary), Part III, Chapter 10:
* 1901 , , (w, The Monkey's Paw):
To produce a creaking sound with.
* Shakespeare
* 20th century , Theodore Roethke,
To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
To grind between the teeth.
(Geordie) To run away
In lang=en terms the difference between creak and gnash
is that creak is to produce a creaking sound with while gnash is to grind between the teeth.As verbs the difference between creak and gnash
is that creak is to make a prolonged sharp grating]] or [[squeak|squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances while gnash is to grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.As a noun creak
is the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.creak
English
Verb
(en verb)- Then when the four ropes were arranged the coffin was placed upon them. He watched it descend; it seemed descending for ever. At last a thud was heard; the ropes creaked as they were drawn up.
- He heard the creaking of the bolt as it came slowly back, and at the same moment he found the monkey's paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish.
- Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry.
On the Road to Woodlawn
- I miss the polished brass, the powerful black horses,
- The drivers creaking the seats of the baroque hearses
Derived terms
* creakyAnagrams
* English onomatopoeiasgnash
English
Verb
(es)- to gnash the teeth
- to gnash the air in fury
- to gnash a carpet