Crane vs. Stork
Difference Between Crane and Stork
Cranenoun
Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
Storknoun
A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the family Ciconiidae.
Cranenoun
Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
Storknoun
(children's folklore) The mythical bringer of babies to families, or good news.
Cranenoun
A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
Storknoun
(cartomancy) The seventeenth Lenormand card.
Cranenoun
An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
Storknoun
large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
Cranenoun
A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
Cranenoun
(nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
Craneverb
(ambitransitive) To extend (one's neck).
Craneverb
(transitive) To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane.
Craneverb
(intransitive) To pull up before a jump.
Cranenoun
United States writer (1871-1900)
Cranenoun
United States poet (1899-1932)
Cranenoun
lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
Cranenoun
large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
Craneverb
stretch (the neck) so as to see better;
The women craned their necks to see the President drive by
