Creaks vs Croaks - What's the difference?
creaks | croaks |
(croak)
A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
The cry of a frog or toad. (see also ribbit)
To make a croak.
To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
* Shakespeare
(of a frog) To make its cry.
(of a raven) To make its cry.
(slang) To die.
(slang) To kill someone or something.
To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
* Carlyle
As nouns the difference between creaks and croaks
is that creaks is while croaks is .As verbs the difference between creaks and croaks
is that creaks is (creak) while croaks is (croak).croaks
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(head)croak
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(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- The raven himself is hoarse, / That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan.
- He'd seen my face, so I had to croak him.
- Marat croaks with reasonableness.