Crane vs. Stork

Crane vs. Stork — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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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.

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.

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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