Crouch vs Grovel - What's the difference?
crouch | grovel |
(obsolete) A cross.
(obsolete) To sign with the cross; bless.
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.
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 2
To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.
* Wordsworth
* Shakespeare
To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.
A bent or stooped position.
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.
To be prone on the ground.
To crawl
To abase oneself before another person.
To be nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.
To take pleasure in mundane activities.
As verbs the difference between crouch and grovel
is that crouch is (obsolete) to sign with the cross; bless or crouch can be 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 while grovel is to be prone on the ground.As a noun crouch
is (obsolete) a cross or crouch can be a bent or stooped position.crouch
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) crouche, cruche, from (etyl) .Noun
(es)Verb
(es)Etymology 2
From (etyl) crouchen, crucchen, . More at (l).Verb
- We crouched behind the low wall until the squad of soldiers had passed by.
- 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.
- a crouching purpose
- Must I stand and crouch / Under your testy humour?
Noun
(es)- The cat waited in a crouch , hidden behind the hedge.