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Crouch vs Strafe - What's the difference?

crouch | strafe |

As nouns the difference between crouch and strafe

is that crouch is (obsolete) a cross or crouch can be a bent or stooped position while strafe is punishment.

As a verb 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.

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.

    • strafe

    English

    Verb

    (straf)
  • To attack (ground targets) with automatic gunfire from a low-flying aircraft.
  • (video games) to sidestep; to move sideways without turning. A core mechanic of most first-person shooters.
  • * 2001 , Jana Hallford, Swords and circuitry: a designer's guide to computer role playing games
    • If the NPC is close to the player, he may also try using the tried-and-true Quake circle-strafing technique.
  • * 2007 , Stephen Cawood, Pat McGee, Microsoft XNA Game Studio Creator's Guide
    • A strafe is a side-to-side camera movement. If you're a fan of first-person shooter games, you know how fundamental strafing can be to a game.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft.
  • (video games) A sideways movement without turning.
  • * 2004 , Marc Saltzman, Game Creation and Careers: Insider Secrets from Industry Experts
    • We also have added a new game control called the "defensive strafe ," in which the user can press a button and stay facing forward.

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