different between raunch vs craunch

English

Etymology

Backformation from raunchy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????nt?/
• (some accents) IPA^(key): /????nt?/
• Rhymes: -??nt?, -??nt?

Noun

raunch (uncountable)

1. Low class condition or content; inferiority; inadequacy.
2. Dishonorable, base, and vulgar expression.
3. Socially unacceptable sexual behavior.

Translations

English

Etymology

See crunch.

Verb

craunch (third-person singular simple present craunches, present participle craunching, simple past and past participle craunched)

1. (transitive, archaic) To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.
   • 1726, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (part II)

     She would craunch the wing of a lark, bones and all, between her teeth, although it were nine times as large as that of a full-grown turkey; and put a bit of bread into her mouth as big as two twelve-penny loaves.

Noun

craunch (plural craunches)

1. A grinding or crunching sound.
   • 1867, Once a Week (page 242)

     He sat down to write, and occupied himself with certain papers, until there was a far-off sound of wheels: some vehicle was slowly entering the great gates; a craunch upon the gravel sweep.

2. (mining) A portion of a stratum or vein left in excavating to support the roof