'eat a humble pie' & ' eat crow' ---Wats d difference?

[hemantg]

M not able to differentiate b/w 'eat a humble pie' & ' eat crow' ?
Plz specify are they synonym kind of thing or do we have some diff. b\w the two..
Thnx..

[curmudgeon]

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/search.php

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/search.php

There is a slight difference, but not much. 'Eat crow' I suspect is AmE and 'Humble pie' BrE

They are both 'Idioms'

[hemantg]

Thnx..

[Mordant]

Eat Humble Pie, without the indefinte article.

[hemantg]

Forgive my ignorance, but will you interpret the terms 'definite article' and 'indefinite article'.

[Mordant]

a = indefinite article as your not defining one specific subject/object
the = definite article as your are defining a specific ..etc

A tree could be any of many
The tree is the only tree in question

[hemantg]

I appreciate the input from ur side, Mordant..!!

[Mordant]

You are welcome.

[Geron]

To 'eat humble pie' is something you do, if you apologize for something, and are somewhat remorseful...'eat crow' means you were wrong about something, usually in a boastful way, and have to admit to your error...

[kspasterz]

Could you use bouth in a sentence? It would clear up how to use these expressions