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Crocked vs Crooked - What's the difference?

crocked | crooked |

As verbs the difference between crocked and crooked

is that crocked is past tense of crock while crooked is past tense of crook.

As adjectives the difference between crocked and crooked

is that crocked is injured (of a person while crooked is not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

crocked

English

Etymology 1

See (crock) (verb)

Verb

(head)
  • (crock)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (British) injured (of a person)
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    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Clive Lindsay , title=Kilmarnock 1 - 2 St Johnstone , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=St Johnstone boss Derek McInnes had made two changes, with Callum Davidson, who has now recovered from injury, the replacement for crocked fellow defender David McCracken and David Robertson taking the place of Chris Millar in midfield.}}
  • (British) broken (of a thing)

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (North America) drunk (of a person)

    • crooked

    English

    Etymology 1

    From crook, equivalent to .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crook)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) croked, crokid, past participle of . More at (l).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
    • We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.
  • Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
    • That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?
  • (figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.
    • He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals.