The difference between Craw and Crop

When used as nouns, craw means the stomach of an animal, whereas crop means a plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

When used as verbs, craw means to caw, crow, for certain birds to make their cry, whereas crop means to remove the top end of something, especially a plant.


check bellow for the other definitions of Craw and Crop

  1. Craw as a noun (archaic):

    The stomach of an animal.

  2. Craw as a noun:

    The crop of a bird.

  1. Craw as a verb (archaic):

    to caw, crow, for certain birds to make their cry

  1. Crop as a noun (agriculture):

    A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

    Examples:

    "the farmer had lots of crops to sell at the market"

  2. Crop as a noun:

    The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants.

    Examples:

    "it was a good crop that year"

  3. Crop as a noun:

    A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time.

    Examples:

    "a crop of ideas"

  4. Crop as a noun:

    A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease

    Examples:

    "Like in chicken pox."

  5. Crop as a noun:

    The lashing end of a whip

  6. Crop as a noun:

    An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop.

  7. Crop as a noun:

    A rocky outcrop.

  8. Crop as a noun:

    The act of cropping.

  9. Crop as a noun:

    A short haircut.

    Examples:

    "she kept her hair cropped"

  10. Crop as a noun (anatomy):

    A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion, or for regurgitation; a craw.

  11. Crop as a noun (architecture):

    The foliate part of a finial.

  12. Crop as a noun (archaic, or, dialect):

    The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree.

  13. Crop as a noun (mining):

    Tin ore prepared for smelting.

  14. Crop as a noun (mining):

    Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  1. Crop as a verb (transitive):

    To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.

  2. Crop as a verb (transitive):

    To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.

  3. Crop as a verb (transitive):

    To remove the outer parts of a photograph or image in order to frame the subject better.

  4. Crop as a verb (intransitive):

    To yield harvest.

  5. Crop as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to bear a crop.

    Examples:

    "to crop a field"

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