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Clamour vs Yapping - What's the difference?

clamour | yapping | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between clamour and yapping

is that clamour is an alternative spelling of from=British|from2=Canadian|lang=en while yapping is a sound that yaps.

As verbs the difference between clamour and yapping

is that clamour is an alternative spelling of from=British|from2=Canadian|lang=en while yapping is present participle of lang=en.

clamour

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (US spelling)

Noun

(en noun)
  • * Chaucer (Wife of Bath's Tale)
  • *:Ffor which oppression was swich clamour
  • * Shakespeare (Love's Labours Lost)
  • *:Sickly eares Deaft with the clamours of their owne deare grones.
  • * Addison
  • *:Here the loud Arno's boist'rous clamours cease.
    • (Macaulay)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To salute loudly.
  • * Milton
    • The people with a shout / Rifted the air, clamouring their god with praise.
  • (obsolete) To stun with noise.
  • * Bacon
    • Let them not come..in a Tribunitious Manner; For that is, to clamour Counsels, not to enforme them.
  • (obsolete) To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.
    • (Bishop Warburton)

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) ----

    yapping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sound that yaps.