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Croaking vs Cawing - What's the difference?

croaking | cawing |

As verbs the difference between croaking and cawing

is that croaking is while cawing is .

As nouns the difference between croaking and cawing

is that croaking is the sound of something that croaks while cawing is the act of producing a caw sound.

croaking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound of something that croaks.
    • the croakings of frogs from the nearby pond

    cawing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of producing a caw sound.
  • * 1858 , The Naturalist (volume 8, page 147)
    • Whilst the proceedings of the Rooks seemed to be regulated with order and system, their cawings were significant of a good understanding, and the musical tones mentioned by the Editor of "The Naturalist," no one could fail to distinguish.