different between quirk vs craze
quirk
English
Etymology
First attested in the 1540s. Of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kw??k/
- Rhymes: -??(r)k
Noun
quirk (plural quirks)
- an idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone
- The car steers cleanly, but the gearshift has a few quirks.
- (architecture) An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part of a moulding and a soffit
- (archaic) A quibble, evasion, or subterfuge.
- Had you no quirk / To avoid gullage, sir, by such a creature?
Derived terms
- quirkish
- quirkless
- quirks mode
- quirky
Translations
Verb
quirk (third-person singular simple present quirks, present participle quirking, simple past and past participle quirked)
- (transitive, intransitive) To move with a wry jerk.
- He quirked an eyebrow.
- The corners of her mouth quirked.
- (transitive, architecture) To furnish with a quirk or channel.
- (intransitive, archaic) To use verbal tricks or quibbles
- 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
- I have stung her and wrung her,
The venom is working;—
And if you had hung her
With canting and quirking,
She could not be deader than she will be soon
- I have stung her and wrung her,
- 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
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craze
English
Alternative forms
- crase, craise, craize (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English crasen (“to crush, break, break to pieces, shatter, craze”), from Old Norse *krasa (“to shatter”), ultimately imitative.
Cognate with Danish krase (“to crack, crackle”), Swedish krasa (“to crack, crackle”), Norwegian krasa (“to shatter, crush”), Icelandic krasa (“to crackle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?e?z/
- Rhymes: -e?z
Noun
craze (plural crazes)
- (archaic) craziness; insanity.
- A strong habitual desire or fancy.
- A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad
- 2012, Alan Titchmarsh, The Complete Countryman: A User's Guide to Traditional Skills and Lost Crafts
- Winemaking was a huge craze in the 1970s, when affordable package holidays to the continent gave people a taste for winedrinking, but the recession made it hard to afford off-license prices back home.
- 2012, Alan Titchmarsh, The Complete Countryman: A User's Guide to Traditional Skills and Lost Crafts
- (ceramics) A crack in the glaze or enamel caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.
Derived terms
- becraze
- crazy
Translations
Verb
craze (third-person singular simple present crazes, present participle crazing, simple past and past participle crazed)
- (archaic) To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.
- To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
- any man […] that is crazed and out of his wits
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
- To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.
- (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See crase.
- (transitive, intransitive) To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.
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