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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.

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

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