Cry vs Appeal - What's the difference?
cry | appeal | Synonyms |
To shed tears; to weep.
To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
* Shakespeare
* Bunyan
(ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
* Bible, Matthew xxvii. 46
To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
* Bible, Psalms cxlvii. 9
* Shakespeare
To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, etc.
* Crashaw
Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
* Judd
A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
A shout or scream.
Words shouted or screamed.
(collectively) A group of hounds.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete, derogatory) A pack or company of people.
* Shakespeare
(ambitransitive, of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
A desperate or urgent request.
(obsolete) Common report; gossip.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To accuse (someone of something).
*, Book VII:
*:And there opynly Sir Mador appeled the quene of the deth of hys cousyn Sir Patryse.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , V.9:
*:He gan that Ladie strongly to appele / Of many haynous crymes by her enured.
(transitive, legal, chiefly, US) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision.
:(Tomlins)
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*:For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request.
*(Samuel Horsley) (1733-1806)
*:I appeal to the Scriptures in the original.
* (1800-1859)
*:They appealed to the sword.
To be attractive.
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(cricket) To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that" or "Howzat".
To summon; to challenge.
*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists.
To invoke.
:(Milton)
(legal) (a) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review. (b) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. (c) The right of appeal. (d) An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public. (e) An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver.
A summons to answer to a charge.
A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty.
* Francis Bacon
# (cricket) The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
Resort to physical means; recourse.
The power to attract or interest.
In intransitive terms the difference between cry and appeal
is that cry is to utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do while appeal is to be attractive.In transitive terms the difference between cry and appeal
is that cry is to cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping while appeal is to call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request.cry
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Verb
(en-verb)- That sad movie always makes me cry .
- All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I'll speak.
- The man ran on, crying , Life! life! Eternal life!
- And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice.
- the young ravens which cry
- In a cowslip's bell I lie / There I couch when owls do cry .
- to cry oneself to sleep
- to cry goods
- Love is lost, and thus she cries him.
- I should not be surprised if they were cried in church next Sabbath.
Synonyms
* weep * See also * See alsoAntonyms
* laughDerived terms
* crybaby * cry in one's beer * cry like a baby * cry one's eyes out * cry off * cry out * cry someone a river * cry the blues * cry wolf * don't cry over spilt milk * kiss and cryNoun
(cries)- After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry .
- I heard a cry from afar.
- a battle cry
- A cry more tunable / Was never hollaed to, nor cheered with horn.
- (Milton)
- Would not this get me a fellowship in a cry of players?
- "Woof" is the cry of a dog, while "neigh" is the cry of a horse.
- The cry goes that you shall marry her.
Derived terms
* battle cry * hue and cry * war crySee also
* breastfeeding * crocodile tearsReferences
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*appeal
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Alternative forms
* appeale (obsolete) * appeall (obsolete) * appelVerb
(en verb)Derived terms
* appeal toNoun
(en noun)- (Tomlins)
- (Bouvier)
- (John Dryden)
- a kind of appeal to the Deity, the author of wonders