Creed vs. Creep

Creednoun

That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.

Creednoun

A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a confession of faith for public use, especially one which is brief and comprehensive.

Creednoun

(rare) The fact of believing; belief, faith.

Creedverb

(ambitransitive) To believe; to credit.

Creedverb

(intransitive) To provide with a creed.

Creednoun

A definite summary of what is believed; esp., a summary of the articles of Christian faith; a confession of faith for public use; esp., one which is brief and comprehensive.

Creednoun

Any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.

Creedverb

To believe; to credit.

Creednoun

any system of principles or beliefs

Creednoun

the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group

Creednoun

a system of religious belief; a faith

Creednoun

a formal statement of Christian beliefs, especially the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed

Creednoun

a set of beliefs or aims which guide someone's actions

Creed

A creed, also known as a confession of faith, symbol, or statement of faith, is a statement of the shared beliefs of (an often religious) community in a form structured by subjects summarizing core tenets. Although some say Judaism is noncreedal in nature, others say it recognizes a single creed, the Shema Yisrael, which begins: The earliest creed in Christianity, , originated in the writings of Paul the Apostle.

Creepverb

(intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.

Creepverb

(intransitive) Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.

Creepverb

(intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.

Creepverb

(intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.

Creepverb

To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.

Creepverb

To slip, or to become slightly displaced.

Creepverb

To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.

Creepverb

To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.

Creepverb

To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.

Creepnoun

The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)

Creepnoun

A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.

Creepnoun

A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something

Creepnoun

The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.

Creepnoun

(publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.

Creepnoun

(materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.

Creepnoun

(geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.

Creepnoun

someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

Creepnoun

A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills or who induces psychosomatic facial itching.

Creepnoun

(agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.

Creepverb

To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl.

Creepverb

To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness.

Creepverb

To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or one's self; as, age creeps upon us.

Creepverb

To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep.

Creepverb

To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant.

Creepverb

To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length.

Creepverb

To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep. See Crawl, v. i., 4.

Creepverb

To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.

Creepnoun

The act or process of creeping.

Creepnoun

A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects.

Creepnoun

A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground.

Creepnoun

someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

Creepnoun

a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

Creepnoun

a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

Creepnoun

a slow creeping mode of locomotion (on hands and knees or dragging the body);

Creepverb

move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground;

Creepverb

to go stealthily or furtively;

Creepverb

grow in such a way as to cover (a building, for example);

Creepverb

show submission or fear

Creepverb

move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed

Creepverb

(of a thing) move very slowly and inexorably

Creepverb

(of a plant) grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches

Creepverb

(of a plastic solid) undergo gradual deformation under stress.

Creepverb

(of a negative characteristic or fact) occur or develop gradually and almost imperceptibly

Creepverb

increase slowly but steadily in number or amount

Creepnoun

a detestable person

Creepnoun

a person who behaves obsequiously in the hope of advancement.

Creepnoun

slow steady movement, especially when imperceptible

Creepnoun

the tendency of a car with automatic transmission to move when in gear without the accelerator being pressed

Creepnoun

the gradual downward movement of disintegrated rock or soil due to gravity

Creepnoun

the gradual deformation of a plastic solid under stress

Creepnoun

gradual bulging of the floor of a mine owing to pressure on the pillars

Creepnoun

an opening in a hedge or wall for an animal to pass through

Creepnoun

a feeding enclosure for young animals, with a long, narrow entrance

Creepnoun

solid food given to young farm animals in order to wean them