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“Craft” or “Kraft”

craft / kraft are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

craft k·r·AE·f·t

  • nouna vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space.
  • nounpeople who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
  • nounskill in an occupation or trade.
  • nounshrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.
  • verbmake by hand and with much skill.

kraft k·r·AE·f·t

  • nounstrong wrapping paper made from pulp processed with a sulfur solution.
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“craft”

  • half of the seven landing craft were destroyed by PT-128 and
  • ship and fly his fighter craft.
  • services to the Art and Craft of Enamelling.
  • C24 or P24), 1968 Patrol Craft Fast that was transferred to
  • by piloting his morphing fighter craft named the Aggressor.
  • the 79th with the Sugino Craft Raiding Unit, and a drive
  • gameplay during the Sub-light Strike Craft sections.
  • instructing senior citizens on the craft of Improvisation.
  • A fixed-wing aircraft, or airplane, is a heavier-than-air
  • and concentrating more on song craft.

“kraft”

  • Kraft became a member of the
  • in 1920, was purchased by Kraft Jacobs Suchard in 1993.
  • 1960s, including small roles on Kraft Television Theatre and The Patty
  • Both father Antonin Kraft and his son Nikolaus were
  • or sometimes Mardeau) and Antonin Kraft.
  • a cello concerto by Antonín Kraft.
  • Anschutz, Lamar Hunt, and Robert Kraft).
  • M. Balthasar and M. Kraft, "A stochastic approach to calculate
  • Cello Concerto was attributed to Kraft for almost a century.
  • of the Jacob/Suchard companies into Kraft in 1990.

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