Crane vs. Crank
Difference Between Crane and Crank
Cranenoun
Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
Crankadjective
(slang) strange, weird, odd
Cranenoun
Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
Crankadjective
sick; unwell; infirm
Cranenoun
A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
Crankadjective
Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
Cranenoun
An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
Crankadjective
Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
Cranenoun
A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
Cranknoun
A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle.Cranenoun
(nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
Cranknoun
The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
Yes, a crank was all it needed to start.Craneverb
(ambitransitive) To extend (one's neck).
Cranknoun
(archaic) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
Craneverb
(transitive) To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane.
Cranknoun
(informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person
Billy-Bob is a nasty old crank! He chased my cat away.Craneverb
(intransitive) To pull up before a jump.
Cranknoun
A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.
Cranenoun
United States writer (1871-1900)
Cranknoun
A person who is considered strange or odd by others. They may behave in unconventional ways.
John is a crank because he talks to himself.Cranenoun
United States poet (1899-1932)
Cranknoun
(informal) An advocate of a pseudoscience movement.
That crank next door thinks he’s created cold fusion in his garage.Cranenoun
lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
Cranknoun
synonym of methamphetamine.
Danny got abscesses from shooting all that bathtub crank.Cranenoun
large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
Cranknoun
(rare) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
Craneverb
stretch (the neck) so as to see better;
The women craned their necks to see the President drive byCranknoun
(obsolete) A sick person; an invalid.
Cranknoun
(slang) penis.
Crankverb
(transitive) To turn by means of a crank.
Motorists had to crank their engine by hand.Crankverb
(intransitive) To turn a crank.
He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.Crankverb
To turn.
He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.Crankverb
(transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
I turn the key and crank the engine; yet it doesn't turn overCrank it up!Crankverb
(intransitive) To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
Quit cranking about your spilt milk!Crankverb
(intransitive) To be running at a high level of output or effort.
By one hour into the shift, the boys were really cranking.Crankverb
To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
Cranknoun
a bad-tempered person
Cranknoun
a whimsically eccentric person
Cranknoun
amphetamine used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
Cranknoun
a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
Crankverb
travel along a zigzag path;
The river zigzags through the countrysideCrankverb
start by cranking;
crank up the engineCrankverb
rotate with a crank
Crankverb
fasten with a crank
Crankverb
bend into the shape of a crank
Crankadjective
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
