Eek vs. Eke — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Eek and Eke
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Eek
Used to express alarm, horror, or surprise
It could be regarded as a bit of a novelty single—eek!
Eke
Make an amount or supply of something last longer by using or consuming it frugally
The remains of yesterday's stew could be eked out to make another meal
Eek
Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books).
Eek! There's a mouse in the bathtub!
Eke
Archaic term for also
Speak me thy name and eke thy place of birth
Eek
Expressing (sometimes mock) fear or surprise.
I almost got fired from my job yesterday. Eek!
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Eke
To supplement with great effort. Used with out
Eked out an income by working two jobs.
Eek
Representing the shrill vocal sound of a mouse, rat, or monkey.
Eke
To get with great effort or strain. Used with out
Eke out a bare existence from farming in an arid area.
Eek
To produce a high-pitched squeal, as in fear or trepidation.
Eke
To make (a supply) last by practicing strict economy. Used with out.
Eek
(Polari) A face.
Eke
Also.
Eek
See Eke.
Eke
An addition.
Eke
A small stand on which a beehive is placed.
Eke
(beekeeping) A spacer put between or over or under hive parts to make more space.
Eke
(transitive) Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.
Eke
(archaic) Also; in addition to.
Eke
To increase; to add to; to augment; - now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other.
He eked out by his wits an income of barely fifty pounds.
Eke
In addition; also; likewise.
'T will be prodigious hard to proveThat this is eke the throne of love.
A trainband captain eke was heOf famous London town.
Eke
An addition.
Clumsy ekes that may well be spared.
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