Babel vs Wail - What's the difference?
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The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible.
:* Therefore is the name of it called Babel . - Gen. xi. 9.
A confused mixture of sounds and voices, especially in different languages.
* 2007 , Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon , Blue Bridge 2008, p. 48:
A place or scene of noise and confusion.
A tall, looming structure.
A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.
Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.
A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.
To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
To make a noise like mourning or crying.
To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
(slang, music) To perform with great liveliness and force.
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(obsolete) To choose; to select.
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Babel is a related term of wail.
As nouns the difference between babel and wail
is that babel is while wail is a prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.As a verb wail is
to cry out, as in sorrow or anguish or wail can be (obsolete) to choose; to select.babel
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)Noun
(en noun)- A babel of languages could be heard in the streets and the squares, mingling with the local Provençal.
Derived terms
* Babel fish * Babelesque * Babelian * Babelish * tower of Babel * Tower of BabelSee also
* for user pageswail
English
Etymology 1
Probably from (etyl)Etymology inWebster's Dictionary
Noun
(en noun)- She let out a loud, doleful wail .
- The wail of snow-dark winter winds.
- A bird's wail in the night.
Verb
(en verb)- The wind wailed and the rain streamed down.
- to wail one's death
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Derived terms
* wailer * wailinglyReferences
Etymology 2
Compare Icelandic word for "choice".Verb
(en verb)- Wailed wine and meats