The difference between Brook and Creek
When used as nouns, brook means a body of running water smaller than a river, whereas creek means a small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove.
Brook is also verb with the meaning: to use.
check bellow for the other definitions of Brook and Creek
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Brook as a verb (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots):
To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
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Brook as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To earn; deserve.
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Brook as a verb (transitive):
To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).
Examples:
"I will not brook any disobedience.   I will brook no refusal.   I will brook no impertinence."
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Brook as a noun:
A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
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Brook as a noun (Sussex, Kent):
A water meadow.
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Brook as a noun (Sussex, Kent, in the plural):
Low, marshy ground.
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Creek as a noun (British):
A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
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Creek as a noun (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US):
A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
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Creek as a noun:
Any turn or winding.