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Beep vs Whistle - What's the difference?

beep | whistle |

In lang=en terms the difference between beep and whistle

is that beep is telephoning a person, but only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back while whistle is to send, signal, or call by a whistle.

As nouns the difference between beep and whistle

is that beep is the sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound while whistle is a device designed to be placed in the mouth in order, or driven by steam or otherwise, to make a whistling sound.

As verbs the difference between beep and whistle

is that beep is to sound (something that makes a beep) while whistle is (ambitransitive) to make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth to produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.

beep

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
  • A short, electronically produced tone.

    • Synonyms

    * (electronically produced ): bleep

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sound (something that makes a beep).
    • The motorists in the traffic jam were getting more and more frustrated and started beeping their horns.
  • To have sexual intercourse (with) - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts
    • ''Jason beeped Sharlene after they had drunk a few beers.
  • To produce a beep.
  • Telephoning a person, but only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
    • ''Susan beeped Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call.

    Synonyms

    * (sound (a car horn) ): honk, hoot, sound, toot * to have intercourse with, have sex with, fuck * (telephoning ): flash

    See also

    * pip English onomatopoeias

    whistle

    English

    (wikipedia whistle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device designed to be placed in the mouth in order, or driven by steam or otherwise, to make a whistling sound.
  • An act of whistling.
  • A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine.
  • Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
    • the whistle of the wind in the trees
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) A suit (from whistle and flute ).
  • * 2005 , Wally Payne, A Minority of One: A Monkey's Tale Continued
    • We soldiers changed into our No.1 dress uniforms, Sid into his best whistle and we set off for the church.
  • The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.
  • * Walton
    • Let's drink the other cup to wet our whistles .

    Derived terms

    * bells and whistles * * it's not the whistle that pulls the train * wet one's whistle * whistle-blower * whistle pig * whistle-stop * whistle walk

    Verb

    (whistl)
  • (ambitransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.
    • Never whistle at a funeral.
    She was whistling a happy tune.
  • To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
    • A bullet whistled past.
  • To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
  • * Addison
    • He chanced to miss his dog; we stood still till he had whistled him up.

    Derived terms

    * whistle Dixie * whistle in the dark * whistle past the graveyard

    See also

    * (wikipedia "whistle")