Difference between Cringe and Grovel

Cringe

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling. A crick.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To shrink or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment.

Example sentence: Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe.

Grovel

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To be prone on the ground.To crawlTo abase oneself before another person.To be nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.To take pleasure in mundane activities.