Eek vs Loud - What's the difference?
eek | loud |
Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books).
Expressing (sometimes mock) fear or surprise.
The shrill vocal sound of a mouse, rat, or monkey.
To produce a high-pitched squeal, as in fear or trepidation.
* 2009 , Paul Gelder, Yachting Monthly's Further Confessions
* 2011 , Isaac E. Washington, The Stars in My Dreams (page 106)
(of a sound) Of great intensity.
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Noisy.
* Bible, Proverbs vii. 11
Not subtle or reserved, brash.
Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
As proper nouns the difference between eek and loud
is that eek is a river in Alaska while Loud is {{surname}.As an interjection eek
is representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books).As a verb eek
is to produce a high-pitched squeal, as in fear or trepidation.As an adjective loud is
of great intensity.As an adverb loud is
loudly.eek
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Interjection
Verb
(en verb)- She was dangling the mouse by its tail, but as it tried to arch upwards and bite, she started to jig about wildly The anglers had watched a beautiful young woman dance naked beneath a full moon to the feverish rhythm of unworldly eeking noises!
- We saw a frog and she eeked in terror again from the sight of it hopping near her.
Anagrams
* eke ----loud
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Alternative forms
* lowd (obsolete)Adjective
(er)- She is loud and stubborn.
