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Cluck vs Ribbit - What's the difference?

cluck | ribbit |

As nouns the difference between cluck and ribbit

is that cluck is the sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks while ribbit is the sound made by a frog or toad.

As verbs the difference between cluck and ribbit

is that cluck is to make such a sound while ribbit is to make the sound of a frog or toad.

As an interjection ribbit is

(onomatopoeia) the sound made by a frog or toad.

cluck

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (dialectal) * (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.
  • Any sound similar to this.
  • A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make such a sound.
  • To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
  • * Shakespeare
    • She, poor hen, fond of no second brood, / Has clucked three to the wars.
  • to suffer withdrawal from heroin.

    • See also

    * cackle English onomatopoeias

    ribbit

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (onomatopoeia) The sound made by a frog or toad.
    • The students fell momentarily silent while he finished writing on the board. Then, "Ribbit !"

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound made by a frog or toad.

    • Verb

  • To make the sound of a frog or toad.

    • References

    * Songs of the Frog