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Clamorous vs Yell - What's the difference?

clamorous | yell |

As adjectives the difference between clamorous and yell

is that clamorous is of or pertaining to clamor while yell is (ulster) dry (of cow).

As a verb yell is

shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.

As a noun yell is

a shout.

clamorous

English

Alternative forms

* clamourous (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to clamor.
  • noisy, loud.

    • Derived terms

    * clamorously

    yell

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) yellen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
  • to convey by shouting
    • He yelled directions to the party from the car.
    Synonyms
    * (shout) call, cry, holler, shout * See also
    Derived terms
    () * yell at * yell silently * yeller
    Usage notes
    To yell at' someone is as in a hostile manner, while to yell ' to someone means to speak loudly so as to be heard.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shout.
  • A phrase to be shouted.
  • * 1912 , The Michigan Alumnus (volume 18, page 152)
    • After the dinner a general reception was held in the spacious parlors of the hotel during which the occasion was very much enlivened with the old college songs and old college yells , which transported us all in mind and feelings

    Etymology 2

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    Adjective

    (-)
  • (Ulster) dry (of cow)
    • English reporting verbs