Difference between Grovel and Crawl

What is the difference between Grovel and Crawl?

Grovel as a verb is to be prone on the ground. while Crawl as a verb is to creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.

Grovel

Part of speech: verb

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

Crawl

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stopsA rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kickA piece of horizontally scrolling text overlaid on the main image.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.To act in a servile manner.See crawl with.To feel a swarming sensation.To swim using the crawl stroke.To move over an area on hands and knees.To visit while becoming inebriated.To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.

Example sentence: Most girls are taught to avoid risk and failure. We're taught to smile pretty, play it safe, get all A's. Boys, on the other hand, are taught to play rough, swing high, crawl to the top of the monkey bars, and then just jump off headfirst.

We hope you now know whether to use Grovel or Crawl in your sentence.

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