Creak vs Rasp - What's the difference?

Creak is a synonym of rasp.

In lang=en terms the difference between creak and rasp

is that creak is to produce a creaking sound with while rasp is to work something with a rasp.

As nouns the difference between creak and rasp

is that creak is the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking while rasp is a coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.

As verbs the difference between creak and rasp

is that creak is to make a prolonged sharp grating]] or [[squeak|squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances while rasp is to use a rasp.

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

rasp

English

(wikipedia rasp)

Noun

(en noun)

A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.

The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.

the rasp of her perpetual cough

(obsolete) The raspberry.

* Francis Bacon

Set sorrel amongst rasps , and the rasps will be smaller.

Hypernyms

Verb

To use a rasp.

To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.

To work something with a rasp.

to rasp''' wood to make it smooth; to '''rasp bones to powder

(figurative) To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.

Some sounds rasp the ear.

His insults rasped my temper.

Anagrams

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