Nook vs. Cranny: What's the Difference?
Nook and Cranny Definitions
Nook
A small corner, alcove, or recess, especially one in a large room.
Cranny
A small opening, as in a wall or rock face; a crevice.
Nook
A hidden or secluded spot.
Cranny
A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
Nook
A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
There was a small broom for sweeping ash kept in the nook between the fireplace bricks and the wall.
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Cranny
A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
Nook
A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.
The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy.
Cranny
(intransitive) To break into, or become full of, crannies.
Nook
A recess, cove or hollow.
Cranny
(intransitive) To haunt or enter by crannies.
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Nook
(historical) An English unit of land area, originally 4 of a yardland but later 2 or 20 acres.
Cranny
A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted to the crannies.
He peeped into every cranny.
Nook
A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.
Cranny
A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
Nook
|_|fandom slang|vulgar}} The vagina-like genitalia of a troll, featured in Homestuck fanworks but not in canon.
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Cranny
To crack into, or become full of, crannies.
The ground did cranny everywhere.
Nook
To withdraw into a nook.
Cranny
To haunt, or enter by, crannies.
All tenantless, save to the crannying wind.
Nook
To situate in a nook.
Cranny
Quick; giddy; thoughtless.
Nook
A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.
How couldst thou find this dark, sequestered nook?
Cranny
A long narrow depression in a surface
Nook
A sheltered and secluded place
Cranny
A small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
Nook
An interior angle formed be two meeting walls;
A piano was in one corner of the room
