Crews are groups of people working together, such as a ship or film crew. Cruise is a leisure voyage by ship, or to travel at a steady speed. Memory hook: crews has the word crew inside it, and cruise has the ru of a smooth run.
The core difference
Crews is the plural of crew (teams of workers), while cruise is a voyage or steady, easy travel.
- crews — teams of people working together: Emergency crews arrived within minutes.
- cruise — a leisure voyage, or to travel steadily: They booked a ten-day cruise around the Mediterranean.
How to tell them apart
Crews is the plural of crew, so look for people: cabin crews, camera crews, road crews. Cruise is about movement or a trip. It can be a holiday voyage, a verb for travelling at a comfortable speed, or a way of saying someone won easily.
The mix-up arises because the two are pronounced alike. Check whether you mean a team of people (crews) or a journey and smooth progress (cruise). Crews is also a surname, as in the actor Terry Crews.
