Canyon vs Holler - What's the difference?
canyon | holler |
A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
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A yell, shout.
By extension, any communication to get somebody's attention.
To yell or shout.
To call out one or more words
To complain, gripe
(dialectal, especially, Southern US, Appalachia) .
As nouns the difference between canyon and holler
is that canyon is canyon while holler is a yell, shout or holler can be (southern us|appalachia) (small valley between mountains).As a verb holler is
to yell or shout.As an adjective holler is
(dialectal|especially|southern us|appalachia).canyon
English
Alternative forms
*Noun
(en noun)- Snow filled her mouth. She caromed off things she never saw, tumbling through a cluttered canyon like a steel marble falling through pins in a pachinko machine.
Synonyms
* dale, dalles, gulch, ravine, vale, valley * See alsoDerived terms
* box canyon * concrete canyon * Copper Canyon * Grand CanyonAnagrams
*holler
English
Etymology 1
American variant of holla, hallo or hollo. Possibly derived from the Irish Gaelic oll-bhĂșir'', pronounced ''h-oll-oor , meaning a terrific yell, a great roar. Cassidy, D: "How the Irish invented Slang", page 179, CounterPunch Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-904859-60-4Noun
(en noun)- I heard a holler from over the fence.
- If you need anything, just give me a holler .
Synonyms
* hollering * cry, outcry * howl * hurl * scream * shoutVerb
(en verb)- You can holler at your computer as much as you want, but it won't help anything.
Synonyms
* shout * See also * See alsoReferences
Etymology 2
Variation of hollow.Adjective
(-)- the holler tree