Crawl vs. Creep
Difference Between Crawl and Creep
Crawlverb
(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
Clutching my wounded side, I crawled back to the trench.Creepverb
(intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
Lizards and snakes crept over the ground.Crawlverb
(intransitive) To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
The rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass.Creepverb
(intransitive) Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
Crawlverb
(intransitive) To act in a servile manner.
Don't come crawling to me with your useless apologies!Creepverb
(intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
He tried to creep past the guard without being seen.Crawlverb
See crawl with.
Creepverb
(intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
Prices have been creeping up all year.Crawlverb
(intransitive) To feel a swarming sensation.
The horrible sight made my skin crawl.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.Crawlverb
(intransitive) To swim using the crawl stroke.
I think I'll crawl the next hundred metres.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.Crawlverb
(transitive) To move over an area on hands and knees.
The baby crawled the entire second floor.Creepverb
To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
A creeping sycophant.Crawlverb
(intransitive) To visit while becoming inebriated.
They crawled the downtown bars.Creepverb
To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
The sight made my flesh creep.Crawlverb
(transitive) To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.
Yahoo Search has updated its Slurp Crawler to crawl web sites faster and more efficiently.Creepverb
To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
Crawlnoun
The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops.
Creepnoun
The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)
Crawlnoun
A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
Creepnoun
A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
Crawlnoun
(figurative) A very slow pace.
My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package.Creepnoun
A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something
Crawlnoun
A piece of horizontally scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
Creepnoun
The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
Christmas creep. Feature creep. Instruction creep. Mission creepCrawlnoun
A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.
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.
Crawlnoun
a very slow movement;
the traffic advanced at a crawlCreepnoun
(materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
Crawlnoun
a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
Creepnoun
(geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
Crawlnoun
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 creepCreepnoun
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
Crawlverb
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground;
The crocodile was crawling along the riverbedCreepnoun
A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills or who induces psychosomatic facial itching.
Stop following me, you creep!Crawlverb
feel as if crawling with insects;
My skin crawled--I was terrifiedCreepnoun
(agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
Crawlverb
be crawling with;
The old cheese was crawling with maggotsCreepnoun
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
Crawlverb
show submission or fear
Creepnoun
a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
Crawlverb
swim by doing the crawl;
European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawlCreepnoun
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
