creak vs creek
Definitions
noun
- a squeaking sound
verb
- make a high-pitched, screeching noise
Examples
That creaking sound you hear?
The floorboards creak in all the right places, too.
A half-timbered family hotel with rooms off a creaky wooden balcony running round two sides of a courtyard.
Definitions
noun
- a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
Examples
The new taxon is named Gamerabaena, and the authors note, under etymology, "'Gamera refers to the fictional, firebreathing turtle from the 1965 movie Gamera, in allusion to his fire-breathing capabilities and the Hell Creek Formation ...
Tumbling down slopes near Wawona at the south end of the park, Chilnualna Creek - at its fattest and fastest this time of year - creates a series of foaming cascades around giant boulders.
Apparently, the discovery that Landis is 10,000 years old further proves the fact that he is using performance enhancing steroids. creeky belly
