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Groan vs Groane - What's the difference?

groan | groane |

As nouns the difference between groan and groane

is that groan is a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief while groane is .

As verbs the difference between groan and groane

is that groan is to make a groan while groane is .

groan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
  • A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a groan.
    • We groaned at his awful jokes.
    The wooden table groaned under the weight of the banquet.
  • (obsolete) To strive after earnestly, as if with groans.
  • * Herbert
    • Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, / Or that which groaneth to be so.

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    groane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1673 ,
    • Forget not: in thy book record their groanes
    Who were thy Sheep and in their antient Fold
    Slayn by the bloody Piemontese that roll'd
    Mother with Infant down the Rocks. Their moans

    Verb

    (head)

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