Difference between Crab and Beef

What is the difference between Crab and Beef?

Crab as a verb is to fish for crabs. while Beef as a verb is to complain.

Crab

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To fish for crabs. To complain. (by analogy with the movement of a crab) To move sideways of an aircraft, such as a glider. (by analogy with the movement of a crab) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course. In World War 1, to fly slightly off the straight-line course towards an enemy aircraft, as the machine guns on early aircraft did not allow firing through the propeller disk. To back out of something. (obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour To be ill-tempered (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace. A bad-tempered person. An infestation of pubic lice. A playing card with the rank of three. Short for carabiner. The crab apple or wild apple. The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use. The tree species Carapa guianensis, native of South America.

Example sentence: Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates.

Beef

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To complain.To add weight or strength to, usually as beef up.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The meat from a cow, bull or other bovine.Would be "a side of beef". A chunk, cut or piece not being the whole piece, cf ham.A generic term for a cow or bull.a complaint or disagreement

Example sentence: You know, it's hard to beat bacon at anytime of day. But I also am a big fan of corned beef hash.

We hope you now know whether to use Crab or Beef in your sentence.

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