Exclaimed vs Proclaimed - What's the difference?
exclaimed | proclaimed |
(exclaim)
(lb) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
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*:“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are'' pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling ''à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.”
(obsolete) Exclamation; outcry, clamor.
* 1635 , John Donne, "His parting form her":
(proclaim)
To excitedly, verbosely and candidly describe.
To announce or declare.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.
As verbs the difference between exclaimed and proclaimed
is that exclaimed is past tense of exclaim while proclaimed is past tense of proclaim.exclaimed
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Verb
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*exclaim
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Alternative forms
* exclameVerb
(en verb)Synonyms
* See alsoNoun
(en noun)- Oh fortune, thou'rt not worth my least exclame [...].