different between scrab vs scran

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk?æb/
• Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1

Middle French and Old French schrabben (“to scrape, scratch”), from Frankish *skaban, from Proto-Germanic *skaban?, from Proto-Indo-European *skab?- (“to scratch”); compare Old High German skaban, Irish scríobann and sgrìoban.

Verb

scrab (third-person singular simple present scrabs, present participle scrabbing, simple past and past participle scrabbed)

1. (transitive) To scrape or scratch.

Derived terms

• scrabbed eggs
• scrabber

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English scrabbe, variant of crabbe (“crabapple”); ultimately of Germanic origin, plausibly from North Germanic, cognate with Swedish dialect scrabba, krabbäpple.

Noun

scrab (plural scrabs)

1. A crabapple.

Anagrams

• carbs, cbars, crabs

English

Alternative forms

• skran (Scotland)

Etymology

Probably of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Old Norse skran (“rubbish; marine stores”). Compare Icelandic skran (“junk”).

Pronunciation

• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /sk?an/

Noun

scran (uncountable)

1. (slang) Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.

   Synonyms: (Geordie) scrawn; see also Thesaurus:food

2. refuse; rubbish

Derived terms

• bad scran to someone
• scrannish

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN

Verb

scran (third-person singular simple present scrans, present participle scranning, simple past and past participle scranned)

1. (slang, Liverpudlian) to eat

Anagrams

• Carns, cRNAs, carns, crans, crnas, narcs, scRNA, scarn, scrna