Chirping vs Squawking - What's the difference?
chirping | squawking |
(gerund of chirp) An instance of chirping
* Francis Bacon
* {{quote-news, 2009, January 11, Richard Lourie, Displaced Minds, New York Times
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As verbs the difference between chirping and squawking
is that chirping is while squawking is .As nouns the difference between chirping and squawking
is that chirping is (gerund of chirp) an instance of chirping while squawking is squawk, the sound of a squawk.chirping
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(en noun)- Let the songs be loud and cheerful, and not chirpings or pulings.
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