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Grane vs Crane - What's the difference?

grane | crane |

As verbs the difference between grane and crane

is that grane is obsolete form of groan while crane is to extend (one's neck).

As nouns the difference between grane and crane

is that grane is obsolete form of groan while crane is a large bird of the order Gruiformes and the family Gruidae having long legs and a long neck which it extends when flying.

As a proper noun Crane is

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grane

English

Verb

(gran)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    crane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large bird of the order Gruiformes'' and the family ''Gruidae having long legs and a long neck which it extends when flying.
  • A mechanical lifting device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
  • An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
  • A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
  • (nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.

    • Derived terms

    * black crowned crane * black-necked crane * blue crane * common crane * cranefly * demoiselle crane * grey crowned crane * hooded crane * red-crowned crane * sandhill crane * sarus crane * Siberian crane * wattled crane * white-naped crane * whooping crane

    Related terms

    * (l), via Low German

    See also

    * egret * heron * stork

    Verb

    (cran)
  • To extend (one's neck).
    • (George Eliot)
  • To raise or lower with, or as if with, a .
  • * Bates
    • What engines, what instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the centre, to the highest heavens.
  • * Massinger
    • an upstart craned up to the height he has

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