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 ...
Apparently, the discovery that Landis is 10,000 years old further proves the fact that he is using performance enhancing steroids. creeky belly
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.
