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Creaky vs Grating - What's the difference?

creaky | grating |

As adjectives the difference between creaky and grating

is that creaky is tending to creak while grating is (typically of a voice) harsh and unpleasant.

As a noun grating is

a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.

As a verb grating is

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creaky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Tending to creak
  • Worn down by overuse; decrepit
  • arthritic or rheumatic
  • (linguistics) Of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds.
    • creaky tone
    creaky voice

    Derived terms

    * creakiness

    grating

    English

    (wikipedia grating)

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (typically of a voice) harsh and unpleasant
  • abrasive; tending to annoy

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
  • A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
  • The loose material that comes from something being grated.
    • Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.
  • An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
  • (nautical, in the plural) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.

    • Synonyms

    * grill

    Related terms

    * grate

    Verb

    (head)