different between rawk vs rawr

English

Etymology 1

Noun

rawk (plural rawks)

1. (Yorkshire) A thick fog.

Etymology 2

Noun

rawk (plural rawks)

1. Pronunciation spelling of rock.

   I enjoy listening to good rawk.

Verb

rawk (third-person singular simple present rawks, present participle rawking, simple past and past participle rawked)

1. Pronunciation spelling of rock.

   What do ya think 'bout it? It rawks!

Anagrams

• Wark, wark

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeia, from a roar.

Interjection

rawr

1. (onomatopoeia, Internet slang, text messaging) An expression of great appreciation, a happy imitation of a roar, often to emphasize attraction.
2. (onomatopoeia, Internet slang, text messaging) An expression of anger or frustration, though fairly lighthearted.

References

• 1994, Airships, Barry Hannah, p. 63

  The privates sang a song they made just for me. Rawr rawr rawr! for Colonel Feather!/ Rawr rawr rawr! (pause, then with gusto) forever!

• 1998, growl....., rec.org.sca on Usenet

  purrrrr....... rawr. Was that "rawr" with a capital R or small r? There's a difference...

• 2005, One Way Out, Michele Albert, p. 328

  "Rawr," Cassie playfully growled, then nipped his lip. "Smart man."

• 2008, Divided We Stand, United We Get Horizontal, Glynnis MacNicol, Rachel Sklar, Huffington Post

  ... we think the sexiest thing in this entire post is the phrase "Duncan Hunter." It sort of sounds like a sassy verb, if you think about it. Rawr!

Anagrams

• Warr, warr