Chirp vs Chirping - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between chirp and chirping

is that chirp is a short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect while chirping is an instance of chirping.

is that chirp is to make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets while chirping is present participle of lang=en.

(en noun)

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.

(en verb)

to make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets

to speak in a high-pitched staccato

(head)

(en noun)

(gerund of chirp) An instance of chirping

* Francis Bacon

Let the songs be loud and cheerful, and not chirpings or pulings.

* {{quote-news, 2009, January 11, Richard Lourie, Displaced Minds, New York Times citation

, passage=Adler's prose seeks to catch the whispers and chirpings of insanity rather than the lamentations of suffering. }}