Cheap vs. Creep
Difference Between Cheap and Creep
Cheapnoun
(obsolete) Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.
Creepverb
(intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
Lizards and snakes crept over the ground.Cheapnoun
(obsolete) A market; marketplace.
Creepverb
(intransitive) Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
Cheapnoun
Price.
Creepverb
(intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
He tried to creep past the guard without being seen.Cheapnoun
(obsolete) A low price; a bargain.
Creepverb
(intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
Prices have been creeping up all year.Cheapnoun
Cheapness; lowness of price; abundance of supply.
Creepverb
To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
Old age creeps upon us.Cheapadjective
Low and/or reduced in price.
Creepverb
To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
The collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying.The quicksilver on a mirror may creep.Cheapadjective
Of poor quality.
Creepverb
To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
A creeping sycophant.Cheapadjective
Of little worth.
Creepverb
To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
The sight made my flesh creep.Cheapadjective
Underhand or unfair.
the cheap trick of hiding deadly lava under pushable blocksCreepverb
To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
Cheapadjective
Stingy; mean; excessively frugal.
Insurance is expensive, but don't be so cheap that you risk losing your home because of a fire.Creepnoun
The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)
Cheapadjective
(finance) Trading at a price level which is low relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.
The ETF is trading cheap to NAV right now; we can arb this by buying the ETF and selling the underlying constituents.Creepnoun
A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
Cheapadjective
relatively low in price or charging low prices;
it would have been cheap at twice the priceinexpensive family restaurantsCreepnoun
A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something
Cheapadjective
tastelessly showy;
a flash cara flashy ringgarish colorsa gaudy costumeloud sport shirtsa meretricious yet stylish booktawdry ornamentsCreepnoun
The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
Christmas creep. Feature creep. Instruction creep. Mission creepCheapadjective
of very poor quality
Creepnoun
(publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
Cheapadjective
embarrassingly stingy
Creepnoun
(materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
Creepnoun
(geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
Creepnoun
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
Creepnoun
A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills or who induces psychosomatic facial itching.
Stop following me, you creep!Creepnoun
(agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
Creepnoun
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
Creepnoun
a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
Creepnoun
a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
Creepnoun
a slow creeping mode of locomotion (on hands and knees or dragging the body);
a crawl was all that the injured man could managethe traffic moved at a creepCreepverb
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground;
The crocodile was crawling along the riverbedCreepverb
to go stealthily or furtively;
..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's houseCreepverb
grow in such a way as to cover (a building, for example);
ivy grew over the walls of the university buildingsCreepverb
show submission or fear
