Declare vs Yell - What's the difference?

In intransitive terms the difference between declare and yell

is that declare is to make a declaration while yell is shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.

In transitive terms the difference between declare and yell

is that declare is to make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable while yell is to convey by shouting.

As verbs the difference between declare and yell

is that declare is to make clear, explain, interpret while yell is shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.

As a noun yell is

a shout.

As an adjective yell is

dry of cow.

declare

English

Verb

(declar)

(obsolete) To make clear, explain, interpret.

* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XV:

Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.

* Boyle

To declare this a little, we must assume that the surfaces of all such bodies are exactly smooth.

To make a declaration.

To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.

He declared him innocent.

(cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.

To announce something formally or officially.

declare bankruptcy

declare victory

(cricket) declare (an innings) closed

To affirm or state something emphatically.

To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.

* 1984 , Richard Woodbury and Anastasia Toufexis, " Law: The Trouble with Harry," Time , 2 April:

The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.

To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.

(computing) To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing some information about the data it is expected to contain.

The counter "i" was declared as an integer.

Derived terms

* declarant * declaration * declarative * declaratory * declarer * declare war

Anagrams

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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

Adjective

(-)

(Ulster) dry (of cow)

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