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Cheep vs Chirr - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between cheep and chirr

is that cheep is of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds sounding like "cheep" while chirr is to make a prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada).

As nouns the difference between cheep and chirr

is that cheep is a short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird while chirr is the trilled sound made by an insect.

As an interjection cheep

is the short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.

cheep

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds sounding like "cheep".
  • *
  • To give expression to in a chirping tone.
  • * Tennyson
    • Cheep and twitter twenty million loves.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.

    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • The short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.
    • English onomatopoeias

    chirr

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada).

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The trilled sound made by an insect.