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Chirp vs Twirp - What's the difference?

chirp | twirp |

As nouns the difference between chirp and twirp

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

As a verb chirp

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

As an interjection twirp is

an imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn.

chirp

English

Noun

(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.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets
  • to speak in a high-pitched staccato

    • twirp

    English

    Etymology 1

    Onomatopoeia, like chirp .

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn.
  • * 1898 , Metropolitan: Volume 7 , page 520:
    • The hounds are impatient. "Twirp', '''twirp''', ' twirp !" goes the horn, and "Crack, crack, crack!" responds the whip. It is a chorus that stirs the blood of the veteran as well as that of the uninitiated fox-hunter.
  • * 1996 , Garrett Barbuto, Boy's Life , August, page 54:
    • The first guy climbed up a tree and the farmer yelled, "Who is in my tree?" "Twirp', ' twirp ," replied the first guy. "Meow," replied the second guy.

    Etymology 2

    , possibly derived from the onomatopoeia. See twerp .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1924 , Munsey's Magazine: Volume 81 , page 561:
    • Don't be such a twirp . I'll be back in twenty minutes. Watch the clock! Time me! I'm going to take the bus.