What's the difference between crake and craker?

Crake


Definition:

  • (v. t. & i.) To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.
  • (v. t. & i.) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
  • (n.) A boast. See Crack, n.
  • (n.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And Oryx and Crake is dealing with tendencies that are global rather than country-specific or allied to national politics.
  • (2) Morally provocative and darkly funny with plenty of sex (including some fashionable sadomasochism), the series will be lapped up by fans of The Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake .
  • (3) For instance, David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, and Margaret Atwood's Oryx & Crake, two recent favorites, were speculative fiction, and Elizabeth Wein's Code Name Verity, another recent favourite, was historical.
  • (4) The presence of 5-3deltabeta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, IIbeta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase has been demonstrated histochemically in the adrenal gland of the rain quail Coturnix coromendalica, barn owl Tyto alba, brown crake Amaurornis akool and painted partidge Francholinus pictus.
  • (5) Does having written Oryx and Crake make you think The Handmaid’s Tale is less true than it was?

Craker


Definition:

  • (n.) One who boasts; a braggart.

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