Crane vs. Crank

Crane vs. Crank — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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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.
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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 by

Cranknoun

(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 countryside

Crankverb

start by cranking;

crank up the engine

Crankverb

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