Bellowed vs Yelled - What's the difference?
bellowed | yelled |
(bellow)
To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.
* Dryden
To shout in a deep voice.
*{{quote-news, year=2012
, date=May 13
, author=Alistair Magowan
, title=Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd
, work=BBC Sport
(yell)
shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
to convey by shouting
A shout.
A phrase to be shouted.
* 1912 , The Michigan Alumnus (volume 18, page 152)
As verbs the difference between bellowed and yelled
is that bellowed is (bellow) while yelled is (yell).bellowed
English
Verb
(head)bellow
English
Verb
(en verb)- the bellowing voice of boiling seas
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References
yelled
English
Verb
(head)yell
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) yellen, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- He yelled directions to the party from the car.
Synonyms
* (shout) call, cry, holler, shout * See alsoDerived terms
() * yell at * yell silently * yellerUsage notes
To yell at' someone is as in a hostile manner, while to yell ' to someone means to speak loudly so as to be heard.Noun
(en noun)- After the dinner a general reception was held in the spacious parlors of the hotel during which the occasion was very much enlivened with the old college songs and old college yells , which transported us all in mind and feelings