What's the difference between cranny and nook?

Cranny


Definition:

  • (n.) A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
  • (n.) A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
  • (v. i.) To crack into, or become full of, crannies.
  • (v. i.) To haunt, or enter by, crannies.
  • (a.) Quick; giddy; thoughtless.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) ForzaVista is back, but it's been hugely expanded allowing players to poke around every nook and cranny of every car in the game.
  • (2) And we will extend this principle of transparency to every nook and cranny of politics and public life, because it's one of the quickest and easiest ways to transfer power to the powerless and prevent waste, exploitation and abuse.
  • (3) "He is very seized by the need to leverage legacy from every nook and cranny of the project.
  • (4) Hidden in nooks, crannies and side-roads of the City of Angels, there are, contrary to popular perception, numerous family-run guesthouses, intimate boutique hotels and even quirky little B&BS.
  • (5) The release this week of several detailed files on Hobsbawm and Hill is a reminder of just how deeply the cold war penetrated into every nook and cranny of British academic life.
  • (6) Adults £85 per day, children (aged 13-17) £60 per day, overnight kayak camping expeditions an additional £15 per person per night Eilean Donan, Dornie Photograph: Alamy Clamber around the ramparts and explore the dimly lit nooks and crannies of one of the most romantic castles in Scotland.
  • (7) Bright affectionately remembers all the "nooks and crannies" of the 1820s house, but has no regrets about the move.
  • (8) It seems every valley and flatland, each nook and cranny, has been turned into a plot for some sort of crop.
  • (9) We’d scour the red sandstone nooks and limestone crannies to find them.
  • (10) Her hair is windblown, her black coat is flapping and her piercing gaze finds a problem in every nook and cranny.
  • (11) It now teeters over the favela like a Gaudí castle, full of stairways and corridors and hidden nooks and crannies, with panoramic views over Guanabara Bay from its ample terraces.
  • (12) There was a surreal atmosphere, with tents glowing in the dark, and the noise of insect life coming from every nook and cranny.
  • (13) Since founding her company in 1973, she had developed a style of dance theatre that took audiences into the darkest, strangest crannies of the human psyche.
  • (14) 798 Arts Zone and the series of studios beyond it constitute a cranny where old streets and buildings have been spared by the bulldozer and turned into a kind of trendy theme park in which the authorities seem not only to permit but – unusually for them – encourage cultural activity.
  • (15) In environmental terms, public toilets are obviously breeding grounds for germs in cities, and Cutler says he'd like to see "ways of improving environments so they become easier to clean, easier to manage – novel surfaces and structures, so there aren't so many nooks and crannies in public areas.
  • (16) Agriculture has long existed in the nooks and crannies of urban life.
  • (17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Nathaniel Samson, 25, Hertfordshire Rating: 4 out of 5 – ‘Any nook or cranny can now be Pallet Town’ Professor Willow holds out his hand and I’m immediately back in Pallet Town.
  • (18) The homeless, who seem to have filled every spare nook and cranny in Mogadishu, live with this every day.
  • (19) Whatabouttery prefers a narrative centred on the evils of the bogeyman rightwing “prime minister for women”, rather than acknowledging sexist behaviour is rife in almost every nook and cranny of society, including places occupied by the political left.
  • (20) Be sure to check the nooks and crannies for delights from limited-edition manga T-shirts to art badges and other experimental fare.

Nook


Definition:

  • (n.) A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) ForzaVista is back, but it's been hugely expanded allowing players to poke around every nook and cranny of every car in the game.
  • (2) San Andreas is a state of contrasts and extraordinary detail, there is always some interesting new nook to chance on, some breathtaking previously unexperienced view across the hills toward the capitalist spires of downtown.
  • (3) Pearson has acquired a 5% stake in Nook Media – a new company that houses Barnes & Noble's e-reader and tablet operations, digital bookstore and 674 college bookstores in the USA – for $89.5m.
  • (4) Then Cabrera is back for more and he launches a fly ball deep into that little nook in right center field - in front of the 420 feet sign, Ellsbury reaches up and makes the catch for a nerve racking out number two.
  • (5) Although everyone talks about "ebooks", the reality is that Kindle sales are 95% or more of the market; despite the best efforts of Kobo, Apple and Nook (the latter US-only as yet), they haven't managed to break the dominance of the device that Bezos unveiled in November 2007.
  • (6) At her most energised in front of the Monster High figurines, she was also a big fan of the book department, with its imagination-inducing soundscapes and nooks for reading.
  • (7) At the divisional courthouse, a palatial complex of octagonal towers and Florentine domes originally built as the accounting office of British Burma, the windows have blown out and vegetation sprouts from every nook, yet inside the decaying shell, the courts continue to press on.
  • (8) And we will extend this principle of transparency to every nook and cranny of politics and public life, because it's one of the quickest and easiest ways to transfer power to the powerless and prevent waste, exploitation and abuse.
  • (9) "He is very seized by the need to leverage legacy from every nook and cranny of the project.
  • (10) Hidden in nooks, crannies and side-roads of the City of Angels, there are, contrary to popular perception, numerous family-run guesthouses, intimate boutique hotels and even quirky little B&BS.
  • (11) Along with an interactive diorama-style Everest that lets you peer into all its nooks and crevasses, there are also interactive areas at famous parts of the climb.
  • (12) Seen from almost any nook and corner viewpoint in central Birmingham, this unexpected building - unclassifiable in neat, art-historical terms - is all but guaranteed to raise a smile.
  • (13) However, it was markedly cooler across the North Sea coast of England and Scotland, where Donna Nook in Lincolnshire peaked at only 16C.
  • (14) The deal will put Pearson in competition with Amazon's market-dominating Kindle e-reader – Jeff Bezos's company enjoys 95% of sales in the market – with the Nook currently only available in the US.
  • (15) In English waters, smaller populations at the nature reserves at Blakeney Point, in Norfolk, and Donna Nook, in Lincolnshire, also fell sharply.
  • (16) Open Mon-Fri 11.30am-1am, Sat 11.30am-2pm, Sun 12.30pm-midnight Sunflower Facebook Twitter Pinterest A jam session at Sunflower Inside this dusky nook of a bar - crowned the best in the city last year, but under threat from developers - the beer choice is bang up to date.
  • (17) The release this week of several detailed files on Hobsbawm and Hill is a reminder of just how deeply the cold war penetrated into every nook and cranny of British academic life.
  • (18) "With this investment, we have entered into a commercial agreement with Nook Media that will allow our two companies to work closely together in order to create a more seamless and effective experience for students".
  • (19) Adults £85 per day, children (aged 13-17) £60 per day, overnight kayak camping expeditions an additional £15 per person per night Eilean Donan, Dornie Photograph: Alamy Clamber around the ramparts and explore the dimly lit nooks and crannies of one of the most romantic castles in Scotland.
  • (20) Bright affectionately remembers all the "nooks and crannies" of the 1820s house, but has no regrets about the move.