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Crying vs Lamenting - What's the difference?

crying | lamenting |

As nouns the difference between crying and lamenting

is that crying is action of the verb cry while lamenting is lamentation.

As verbs the difference between crying and lamenting

is that crying is while lamenting is .

As an adjective crying

is that demands action or attention.

crying

English

(wikipedia crying)

Adjective

(-)
  • That demands action or attention.
    • There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country.
  • That deserves rebuke or censure.
    • It is a crying shame that he managed to get away with that!

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Action of the verb cry .
    • Their constant cryings kept us awake!

    Verb

    (head)

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    lamenting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • lamentation
  • * Shakespeare
    • The night has been unruly: where we lay, / Our chimneys were blown down, and, as they say, / Lamentings heard i' th' air, strange screams of death

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