Grunt vs Bellow - What's the difference?
grunt | bellow | Related terms |
A short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
The snorting cry of a pig.
Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
(label) An infantry soldier. (From the verb, just like all the other senses.)
To make a grunt or grunts.
* Shakespeare
To make a grunt or grunts.
To break wind; to fart.
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==Norwegian Bokmål==
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To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.
* Dryden
To shout in a deep voice.
*{{quote-news, year=2012
, date=May 13
, author=Alistair Magowan
, title=Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd
, work=BBC Sport
Grunt is a related term of bellow.
As nouns the difference between grunt and bellow
is that grunt is a short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak while bellow is the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.As verbs the difference between grunt and bellow
is that grunt is to make a grunt or grunts while bellow is to make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.grunt
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* grunt boy * grunt workVerb
(en verb) * Frequentative: gruntleReferences
Adjective
(head)bellow
English
Verb
(en verb)- the bellowing voice of boiling seas
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