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Moan vs Creak - What's the difference?

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In intransitive terms the difference between moan and creak

is that moan is to make a moan or similar sound while creak is to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.

In transitive terms the difference between moan and creak

is that moan is to say in a moan, or with a moaning voice while creak is to produce a creaking sound with.

As nouns the difference between moan and creak

is that moan is a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure while creak is the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.

As verbs the difference between moan and creak

is that moan is to complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn while creak is to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.

moan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.7:
    • Much did the Craven seeme to mone his case […].
  • * Prior
    • Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan / My dear Columbo, dead and gone.
  • (obsolete) To distress (someone); to sadden.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • which infinitely moans me
  • To make a moan or similar sound.
  • To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.
    • ‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned .
  • (colloquial) To complain; to grumble.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * moaner * moany

    Related terms

    * bemoan

    See also

    * murmur * protest * lament

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    Anagrams

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    creak

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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:
    • 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.
  • * 1901 , , (w, The Monkey's Paw):
    • 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.
  • To produce a creaking sound with.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry.
  • * 20th century , Theodore Roethke, 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

    * creaky

    Anagrams

    * English onomatopoeias