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Croak vs Died - What's the difference?

croak | died |

As verbs the difference between croak and died

is that croak is to make a croak while died is past tense of die.

As a noun croak

is a faint, harsh sound made in the throat.

croak

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
  • The cry of a frog or toad. (see also ribbit)
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a croak.
  • To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The raven himself is hoarse, / That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan.
  • (of a frog) To make its cry.
  • (of a raven) To make its cry.
  • (slang) To die.
  • (slang) To kill someone or something.
  • He'd seen my face, so I had to croak him.
  • To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
  • * Carlyle
  • Marat croaks with reasonableness.

    died

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (die)
  • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun