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Krone vs Crone - What's the difference?

krone | crone |

As nouns the difference between krone and crone

is that krone is the currency of Iceland, Denmark and Norway, divided into 100 øre, except in Iceland where 1 króna = 100 aurar while crone is an old woman.

krone

English

(Danish krone) (Norwegian krone)

Noun

(kroner)
  • The currency of Iceland, Denmark and Norway, divided into 100 .

    • crone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An old woman.
  • * Dryden
    • But still the crone was constant to her note.
  • An archetypal figure, a Wise Woman.
  • An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
  • (obsolete) An old ewe.
    • (Tusser)
  • (obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.
  • * Beaconsfield
    • A few old battered crones of office.
  • * Washington Irving
    • The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel which his master had given him.

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