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Gloak vs Gloam - What's the difference?

gloak | gloam |

As nouns the difference between gloak and gloam

is that gloak is a man, a guy while gloam is gloaming, twilight.

As a verb gloam is

to begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.

gloak

English

Noun

(head)
  • A man, a guy.
  • :* 1997': ‘Brit, by the look of him,’ cries a short, freckl’d seaman in whom Stature and Pugnacity enjoy an inverse relation. ‘– long way from home ain’t you old '''Gloak ?’ — Thomas Pynchon, ''Mason & Dixon

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    gloam

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) gloaming, twilight

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.
  • To be sullen or morose.
    • (Webster 1913)