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Crotch vs Crouch - What's the difference?

crotch | crouch |

As nouns the difference between crotch and crouch

is that crotch is the area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place while crouch is a cross.

As a verb crouch is

to sign with the cross; bless.

crotch

English

Noun

(es)
  • The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place.
    • ''There is a child sitting in a crotch of that tree.
  • The (ventral) area of a person’s body where the legs fork from the trunk
    • Every mile they rode their crotches felt worse saddlepain.
  • (slang, euphemistic) Either the male or female genitalia.
    • ''He cringed at being kicked in the crotch .

    Derived terms

    * crotch area * crotch seam * split crotch

    crouch

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) crouche, cruche, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A cross.

    • Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) To sign with the cross; bless.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) crouchen, crucchen, . More at (l).

    Verb

  • To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with legs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.
    • We crouched behind the low wall until the squad of soldiers had passed by.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 2
    • Archer and Jacob jumped up from behind the mound where they had been crouching with the intention of springing upon their mother unexpectedly, and they all began to walk slowly home.
  • To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.
  • * Wordsworth
    • a crouching purpose
  • * Shakespeare
    • Must I stand and crouch / Under your testy humour?
  • To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.

    • Noun

    (es)
  • A bent or stooped position.
    • The cat waited in a crouch , hidden behind the hedge.
  • A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) whose only or main current function is that when it is pressed causes a video game character to crouch.