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Frog vs Croaker - What's the difference?

frog | croaker |

As nouns the difference between frog and croaker

is that frog is a small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops while croaker is one who croaks.

As a verb frog

is to hunt or trap frogs.

frog

English

(wikipedia frog) (commons)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), ).J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture , s.v. "Jump" (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), 323. See also (l), (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops
  • The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad
  • The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick
  • An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood
  • The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof)
  • An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.
  • The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.
    • Synonyms
    * frosh, frosk, frock * pad, paddock * (railway switch component) common crossing
    Derived terms
    (Derived terms) * * * bush frog * clawed frog * common frog * Darwin's frog * disc-tongued frog * edible frog * * * fine as frog hair, finer than frog hair * Frog (metathesis: > Gorf) * frog belly * frogbit * frog chorus * frogeater, frog eater * frogeye * frogeyed * frog face * frogfish * frogged * froggery * frogging * froggish * froggy * Froggy * froghopper * a frog in one’s throat * frog kick * frog kingdom * frog legs * froglike * * frogly * frogman * frogmarch, frog-march * frogmouth * frog orchid * frogpond, frog pond * frog pose * The Frog Prince * Frog Prince * frog's-bit * frog's legs * frogspawn, frog spawn * frog spit * frog spittle * frog sticker * frogstool * ghost frog * glass frog * * Kermit the Frog (metathesis: > Kermit the Forg, Kermit the Gorf, Kermit the Grof) * The Leap-Frog * leapfrog, leap-frog * leapfrogged, leap-frogged * leapfrogging * leapfrog test, leap-frog test, leap frog test * litter frog * male frog test * * marsupial frog * moss frog * * painted frog * parsley frog * poison dart frog * * screeching frog * sedge frog * * shovelnose frog * tailed frog * tongueless frog * tree frog * Tukeit Hill frog * * true frog
    References
    See also
    * amphibian * * tadpole * toad *

    Verb

    (frogg)
  • To hunt or trap frogs.
  • To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
    • Derived terms
    * frog stitch

    Etymology 2

    From (m), stereotypical food of the French. Compare , from (m), corresponding French term for English, likewise based on stereotypical food.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (offensive) A French person
  • (Canada, offensive) A French-speaking person from Quebec
    • Antonyms
    * (French person) (l)

    References

    *

    Etymology 3

    .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt
  • An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of a button, toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop

    • Verb

    (frogg)
  • To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs

    • Etymology 4

    Supposedly from sounding similar to "rip it".

    Verb

    (frogg)
  • To unravel (a knitted garment).
    • References
    English ethnic slurs English informal demonyms ----

    croaker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who croaks.
  • A vocal pessimist, grumbler, or doomsayer.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1771 , first=Benjamin , last=Franklin , editor= John Bigelow , title=Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin , edition=1st complete English edition from Franklin's English Manuscript. , publisher = J.B. Loppincott & Co. , year_published=1868 , section=part one , page=167 , ol=23279690M citation , pageurl=https://archive.org/stream/autobiographyofb1868fran
  • page/167/mode/1up
    • , passage=There are croakers in every country, always boding its ruin. }}
  • * 1915 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
    • "It is my advice," the speaker continued, "that we go easier upon the small men. On the day that they have all been driven out the power of this society will have been broken." Unwelcome truths are not popular. There were angry cries as the speaker resumed his seat. McGinty rose with gloom upon his brow. "Brother Morris," said he, "you were always a croaker ..."
  • A frog.
  • A fish in the family Sciaenidae, known for the throbbing sounds they make.
  • (slang) A doctor.
  • * Around 1900 , O. Henry,
    • "Lungs," said McGuire comprehensively. "I got it. The croaker says I'll come to time for six months longer—maybe a year if I hold my gait.

    Derived terms

    *spot croaker *spotfin croaker *white croaker *yellowfin croaker