different between moaner vs crabapple

English

Etymology

moan +? -er

Noun

moaner (plural moaners)

1. One who makes a moaning sound.
   • 1997, Nancy Rawles, Love Like Gumbo (page 164)

     Elena was a moaner. Sex and moaning had become synonymous to Grace. She had no trouble conceptualizing sex between any two creatures capable of moaning.

2. (derogatory) One who complains.
   • 1998, Saul W. Gellerman, How People Work

     In any big outfit, including this one, you're going to get some bitchers and some moaners.

Derived terms

• moaner's bench

Anagrams

• Anmore, Armeno-, Mareno, Morane, Morena, Ramone, anomer, enamor, maenor, marone, menora, monera, morena

English

Alternative forms

• crab-apple, crab apple

Etymology

crab +? apple

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?æb?æp?l/

Noun

crabapple (plural crabapples)

1. Any of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus, which generally yield small, bitter fruit (in comparison to domestic apples, Malus domestica).
2. The fruit of this tree.
3. An unpleasant person; a person who is crabby.

Synonyms

• (tree): crab; crab tree
• (fruit): crab
• (crabby person): grouch, grump, misery, moaner

Derived terms

Translations

References

• crabapple on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Malus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Malus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• crabapple at USDA Plants database

Anagrams

• applecrab