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Creaker vs Creakier - What's the difference?

creaker | creakier |

As a noun creaker

is one who, or that which, creaks.

As an adjective creakier is

comparative of creaky.

creaker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who, or that which, creaks.
  • * 2004 , Jack Nichols, The Tomcat Chronicles (page 186)
    • the bed was a creaker , and the kitchen was inhabited by a large colony of busy roaches

    creakier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (creaky)

    • creaky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Tending to creak
  • Worn down by overuse; decrepit
  • arthritic or rheumatic
  • (linguistics) Of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds.
    • creaky tone
    creaky voice

    Derived terms

    * creakiness