Crake vs Wrake - What's the difference?
crake | wrake |
To cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake.
(obsolete) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
* The Mirror for Magistrates
In obsolete terms the difference between crake and wrake
is that crake is to boast; to speak loudly and boastfully while wrake is suffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution.As nouns the difference between crake and wrake
is that crake is any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills while wrake is suffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution.As a verb crake
is to cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake.crake
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Alternative forms
* CrakeEtymology 1
From (etyl) , itself onomatopoeic. (Rallidae)Derived terms
* Baillon's crake * brown crake * Colombian crake * corncrake * cracker * water crakeVerb
(crak)Etymology 2
See crackVerb
(crak)- Each man may crake of that which was his own.