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Creek vs Brooke - What's the difference?

creek | brooke |

As nouns the difference between creek and brooke

is that creek is one of a native american tribe from the southeastern united states while brooke is .

As a proper noun creek

is the muskogean language of the creek tribe.

As an adjective creek

is of or pertaining to the creek tribe.

As a verb brooke is

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creek

English

Noun

(wikipedia creek) (en noun)
  • A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
  • (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
  • Any turn or winding.

    • Synonyms

    * beck, brook, burn, stream

    Derived terms

    * up the creek

    References

    brooke

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Brook (wikipedia Brooke)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • transferred from the surname, fairly popular since the 1970s.

    • Quotations

    * 1993 , Devil's Waltz , Random House 1998, ISBN 0345460715, page 85 *: "Cassie B.," I said. "What does the B. stand for?" *: "Brooks - that was my maiden name. It's sort of a tribute to Aunt Harriet. It's not exactly feminine, I guess. Brooke' with an e would have been more of a girl's name. Like ' Brooke Shields. But I wanted to remember Aunt Harriet."

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