Darmok wrote:
As a student of language, I am trying to determine if there's a difference between a crank, a crackpot, and a loon.
A loon can be a bird
A crank can be used on old fashioned musical equipment
A crackpot is a crackpot is a crackpot is a crackpot
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a crackpot by any other name would be as crazy
Is every crackpot a crank? Or is every crackpot a loon? Or are loons and cranks both species of crackpots.