Chirred vs Chirped - What's the difference?

chirred | chirped |


As verbs the difference between chirred and chirped

is that chirred is (chirr) while chirped is (chirp).

chirred

English

Verb

(head)
  • (chirr)
  • (chirre)

    • 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.

    • chirped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (chirp)

    • 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