different between roon vs croon

English

Adjective

roon (comparative more roon, superlative most roon)

1. (obsolete) red
   • J. R. Drake

     Her face was like the lily roon.

Anagrams

• Noor, Noro

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish rún.

Noun

roon m (genitive singular roon, plural roonyn)

1. rune

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /run/

Adjective

roon (comparative rooner, superlative roonest)

1. Alternative form of roond

Preposition

roon

1. Alternative form of roond

Adverb

roon (comparative rooner, superlative roonest)

1. Alternative form of roond

Noun

roon (plural roons)

1. Alternative form of roond
2. A rim or border.

Verb

roon (third-person singular present roons, present participle roonin, past roont, past participle roont)

1. Alternative form of roond

English

Etymology

From Middle Dutch kronen (“to groan, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *kre-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?u?n/
• Rhymes: -u?n

Verb

croon (third-person singular simple present croons, present participle crooning, simple past and past participle crooned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner.

   • hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise

2. (transitive, intransitive) To say softly or gently
   • 2020, Sydney Ember, Sanders drives himself to the polls., New York Times:

     "Nice seeing you both," a woman at the check-in said. "Hey, I love you," another crooned.

3. (transitive) To soothe by singing softly.

   • The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep.

4. (Scotland) To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain.

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Derived terms

• crooner

Translations

Noun

croon (plural croons)

1. A soft or sentimental hum or song.

Translations

Anagrams

• Conor, Norco, corno, r'coon