What's the difference between claw and craw?

Claw


Definition:

  • (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.
  • (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.
  • (n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.
  • (n.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.
  • (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.
  • (n.) To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.
  • (n.) To rail at; to scold.
  • (v. i.) To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The present study includes six patients, (involving ten feet), who developed hallux varus and great toe clawing after McBride procedures were performed by various orthopedic surgeons.
  • (2) The euro clawed back some losses after the European Central Bank said it would absorb €16.5bn from the money markets to compensate for bond purchases up to 14 May, and Greece said it would receive the first tranche of emergency loans tomorrow.
  • (3) The carbohydrate compounds of the mucus of flask cells in the kidney of claw-frogs (Xenopus laevis) were studied by gold marked lectins (WGA, RCA, L, LCA, HPA, PNA).
  • (4) Westwood came within an inch of clawing back a shot with a firm, brave putt, but went to the 16th having to birdie his way to the clubhouse to pull off a minor miracle.
  • (5) The object of this study was to examine the effects of exogenous and endogenous prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) on the sexual behavior of female South African clawed frogs, Xenopus laevis.
  • (6) I used to love jumping into the mosh pit, then climbing back on stage with red claw marks all over my body."
  • (7) Other robots in the Boston Dynamics stable include Petman, a robot that tests humanoid chemical protective clothing; the wheeled SandFlea robot that can leap small buildings; a small six-legged robot capable of traversing rough terrain called RHex; and the RiSE robot capable of climbing vertical walls, trees and fences using feet with micro-claws.
  • (8) Stable claws develop in animals housed on floors with soft surfaces or under restricted movement.
  • (9) A novel and important observation made is that the different caffeine treatments affected the staining by alizarin of both claws and bones in a qualitatively and quantitatively similar manner.
  • (10) Quantitative and morphological data were obtained on developing olfactory axons in the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, during late premetamorphosis (stages 48-54), prometamorphosis (stages 55-57), and halfway through metamorphic climax (stages 58-62).
  • (11) A wooden block is glued to the sound claw and parenteral antibiotics are administered for four to six days.
  • (12) The field was taped off while a mechanical digger clawed at the ground, making parallel trenches in the sandy earth.
  • (13) Treatment utilized partial proximal phalangeal resection, with and without silicone single-stem implants, extensor hallucis longus tendon transfer to the great toe metatarsal, and interphalangeal joint arthrodesis, or tenodesis of the great toe to correct clawing.
  • (14) Tadpoles at stage 50 could regenerate toes and claws without defect, but in the later the regenerative capacity gradually declined by reducing the number of toes and claws and accompanied by malformation of skeleton as the stage proceeded.
  • (15) I am expert in navigating the systems, on clawing my way to some work and juggling the admin to stay in that work.
  • (16) Apart from plantar and palmar insensitivity which accounted for 17.91% and 17.24% of all deformities, the most frequent deformities were mobile claw hand 12.94%, plantar ulcers 10.78% and palmar ulcers 5.97% respectively.
  • (17) Then, just as the world starts to claw its way back to some kind of normality, they start kicking the props away.
  • (18) In medico cubital paralysis one must also cure the "cubital claw of the thumb".
  • (19) Bill Shorten has used the ALP conference to claw back some authority I Lenore Taylor Read more While the notion of a federal Icac has won support in the past from independents such Tony Windsor and senator Nick Xenophon, the major parties have shown a distinct lack of appetite for such a body.
  • (20) A claw amputation was performed because of the advanced destructive nature of the lesion.

Craw


Definition:

  • (n.) The crop of a bird.
  • (n.) The stomach of an animal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Lactobacilli and streptococci were a stable component of the microflora of craw wall, in contrast with the decreasing counts of anaerobic amylolytic and lactate-utilizing bacteria.
  • (2) This man’s “private life” is subsidised to the hilt by the taxpayer, and that is what really sticks in the craw.
  • (3) He told BBC Radio 4’s Today: “I would think in the next three months we are going to have a number of people brought forward by the Conservatives, whether it’s Gary Barlow or Mr Pessina, saying: ‘Don’t vote Labour.’ The idea that somebody who doesn’t pay tax in Britain telling people how to vote will stick in the craw.” Balls pointed out that Pessina criticised only one policy – the threat of leaving the European Union – something only likely under the Conservatives or Ukip.T he Tories insisted they had nothing to do with Pessina’s comments but George Osborne took the unusual step of providing a direct quote highlighting the businessman’s stance.
  • (4) But what sticks in my craw is the sheer stinking, blunted crapness of them.
  • (5) It was a very close play but Craw got his foot in before the tag and Matheny is out to argue which gets him nowhere.
  • (6) Though a minority of landlords may sell up as a result of the changes, this is unlikely to be as widespread as many believe.” The good news for tenants is that the tax changes could dampen property speculation and create a fairer market, according to Dan Wilson Craw of campaign group Generation Rent .
  • (7) 2.54am BST Dodgers 2 - Cardinals 0, top of 6th Ryu continues to retire Cardinals - Carpenter grounds out to second, then Beltran skies out to right - Craw puts it away and down go the Cards in the sixth.
  • (8) It simply stuck in the craw that Edis was earning less than 10% of the daily fees enjoyed by some of his opponents.
  • (9) And if, like Jeremy Corbyn , you are a pacifist republican with an embedded horror of empire, being required to hum along will understandably stick in the craw.
  • (10) And seems those unflattering comparisons to Donovan have rather stuck in Brad Davis's craw.
  • (11) We watched as billionaire Alexei Mordashov's bags went from speeding people-carrier to private jet without so much as touching security: Photograph: Hannah Borno Not that I think Alexei Mordashov has been nicking the cutlery from the conference venue in order to melt it down into car parts, but it does slightly stick in my craw that as airport security for the average citizen gets ever tighter, airport security for the likes of the oligarch Mordashov barely exists.
  • (12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘The Tory cries of ‘take back control’ really stick in my craw.
  • (13) The Tory cries of “take back control” really stick in my craw.
  • (14) But there were a few parts of the song that always stuck in my craw.
  • (15) Dan Wilson Craw from Generation Rent said: “The failure of governments to build enough houses is forcing more people to make compromises in order to afford a roof over their head.
  • (16) Michael Ayton Durham • Anne Perkins is correct ( The national anthem may stick in Corbyn’s craw, but it is his job to sing it , 15 September, theguardian.com), and Corbyn should have been more sensitive both to the context of situation and the people he was collectively representing.
  • (17) And it's the last of these that sticks most in the craw, because the degree of over-representation is so extraordinarily intense.
  • (18) So the unexpected windfall in overall national wealth must stick in the craw of the eurozone strugglers.
  • (19) But however much it sticks in the craw to discover there is a market for gold-plated revolving safes, this is ultimately cause for celebration.
  • (20) The national anthem may stick in Corbyn’s craw, but it is his job to sing it | Anne Perkins Read more This is no isolated view.