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Crone vs Cronk - What's the difference?

crone | cronk |

As nouns the difference between crone and cronk

is that crone is (wicca) one of the triune goddesses of the lady in wicca alongside the mother and maiden and representing an old woman while cronk is a hill or barrow.

As a verb cronk is

to honk like a goose.

crone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) An old woman.
  • * Dryden
  • But still the crone was constant to her note.
  • An archetypal figure, a Wise Woman.
  • An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
  • (obsolete) An old ewe.
  • (Tusser)
  • (obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.
  • * Beaconsfield
  • A few old battered crones of office.
  • * Washington Irving
  • The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel which his master had given him.

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    cronk

    English

    Etymology 1

    Imitative. Compare quonk.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To honk like a goose.
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hill or barrow.
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