Chirp vs Beep - What's the difference?
chirp | beep |
A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse.
to make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets
to speak in a high-pitched staccato
The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
A short, electronically produced tone.
To sound (something that makes a beep).
To have sexual intercourse (with) - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts
To produce a beep.
Telephoning a person, but only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
In intransitive terms the difference between chirp and beep
is that chirp is to speak in a high-pitched staccato while beep is to produce a beep.chirp
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(en verb)beep
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* (electronically produced ): bleepVerb
(en verb)- The motorists in the traffic jam were getting more and more frustrated and started beeping their horns.
- ''Jason beeped Sharlene after they had drunk a few beers.
- ''Susan beeped Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call.