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Crooked vs Gnarled - What's the difference?

crooked | gnarled |

As verbs the difference between crooked and gnarled

is that crooked is (crook) while gnarled is (gnarl) or gnarled can be (gnarl).

As adjectives the difference between crooked and gnarled

is that crooked is not straight; having one or more bends or angles while gnarled is knotty and misshapen.

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.

    gnarled

    English

    Etymology 1

    First attested Shakespeare 1603: : Thy sharpe and sulpherous bolt Splits the vn-wedgable [unwedgable] and gnarled Oke [oak]. : Measure for Measure, Act II, scene ii, line 116 Variant of knurled,OEDBarnhart from knurl. Surface analysis is is a later back-formation. Popular use by 19th century.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Knotty and misshapen.
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  • *:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, withon one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
  • Made rough by age or hard work.
    • Synonyms
    * gnarly
    Derived terms
    * gnarl

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gnarl)

    • Etymology 2

    See (gnarl)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gnarl)

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