Craw vs. Raw — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Craw and Raw
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Craw
The crop of a bird or insect.
Raw
Uncooked
Raw meat.
Craw
The stomach of an animal.
Raw
Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined
Raw wool.
Craw
(archaic) The stomach of an animal.
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Raw
Not finished, covered, or coated
Raw wood.
Craw
The crop of a bird.
Raw
Not having been subjected to adjustment, treatment, or analysis
Raw data.
The raw cost of production.
Craw
(archaic) To caw, crow.
Raw
Undeveloped or unused
Raw land.
Craw
The crop of a bird.
Raw
Recently finished; fresh
Raw plaster.
Craw
A pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
Raw
Inexperienced or untrained
A raw youth.
Raw recruits.
Raw
Having subcutaneous tissue exposed
A raw wound.
Raw
Inflamed; sore
A raw throat.
Raw
Unpleasantly damp and chilly
Raw weather.
Raw
Powerfully impressive; stark
Raw beauty.
Raw talent.
Raw
Direct in description and explicit in realistic detail
The film's raw depiction of urban poverty.
Raw
Crude, vulgar, or coarse
Raw language.
Raw
Nude; naked
Was standing there raw.
Raw
Engaged in without the protection of a condom.
Raw
Done in a rough or unrestrained manner. Used of sex.
Raw
(Slang) Without a condom; unprotected.
Raw
(cooking) of food Not cooked.
There's nothing but raw eggs for breakfast.
Raw
Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed.
Raw cane sugar
Raw sewage
Raw
Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated.
A raw wound
Raw
New or inexperienced.
A raw beginner
Raw
Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated.
A raw voice
Raw
Uncorrected, without analysis.
Raw
Unpleasantly cold or damp.
A raw wind
Raw
Unmasked, undisguised, strongly expressed.
Raw emotion
Raw
Candid in a representation of unpleasant facts, conditions, etc.
A raw description of the American political arena
Raw
Unrefined, crude, or insensitive, especially with reference to sexual matters.
Raw
(obsolete) Not covered; bare; bald.
Raw
(slang) Without a condom.
We did it raw.
Raw
An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.
Raw
A galled place; an inveterate sore.
Raw
A point about which a person is particularly sensitive.
Raw
A recording or rip of a show that has not been fansubbed.
Raw
A scan that has not been cleaned purged of blemishes arising from the scanning process and has not been scanlated.
Raw
(slang) To anally or vaginally penetrate without a condom.
Raw
Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna;
Raw
Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit.
Approved himself to the raw judgment of the multitude.
Raw
Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought.
Raw
Not covered; bare.
And all his sinews waxen weak and rawThrough long imprisonment.
Raw
Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind.
Raw
A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw.
Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is a raw.
Raw
Informal terms for nakedness;
In the raw
In the altogether
In his birthday suit
Raw
(used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition;
Natural yogurt
Natural produce
Raw wool
Raw sugar
Bales of rude cotton
Raw
Having the surface exposed and painful;
A raw wound
Raw
Not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
Raw
Not processed or refined;
Raw sewage
Raw
Devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure;
Naked ambition
Raw fury
You may kill someone someday with your raw power
Raw
Brutally unfair or harsh;
Received raw treatment from his friends
A raw deal
Raw
Not processed or subjected to analysis;
Raw data
The raw cost of production
Only the crude vital statistics
Raw
Untempered and unrefined;
Raw talent
Raw beauty
Raw
Unpleasantly cold and damp;
Bleak winds of the North Atlantic
Raw
Inflamed and painful;
His throat was raw
Had a sore throat
Raw
Used of wood and furniture;
Raw wood
Raw
Lacking training or experience;
The new men were eager to fight
Raw recruits
He was still wet behind the ears when he shipped as a hand on a merchant vessel
Raw
(used informally) completely unclothed
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