Chirped vs Chirruped - What's the difference?
chirped | chirruped |
(chirp)
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.
to make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets
to speak in a high-pitched staccato
(chirrup)
To make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks
To express by chirping.
To quicken or animate by chirping.
A series of chirps, clicks or clucks
* 1841 James Fenimore Cooper - The deerslayer: Or, the First War-path
* 1859 Charled Dickens - The Cricket on the Hearth
As verbs the difference between chirped and chirruped
is that chirped is (chirp) while chirruped is (chirrup).chirped
English
Verb
(head)chirp
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)chirruped
English
Verb
(head)chirrup
English
Verb
(en verb)- The crickets chirruped their song.
- to chirrup a horse
Noun
(en noun)- When other folks' squirrels are at home and asleep, yourn keep in motion among the trees and chirrup and sing, in a way that even a Delaware gal can understand their music!
- And here, if you like, the Cricket DID chime in ! with a Chirrup , Chirrup, Chirrup of such magnitude, by way of chorus