Grunted vs Groaned - What's the difference?
grunted | groaned |
(grunt)
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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(groan)
A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval.
To make a groan.
(obsolete) To strive after earnestly, as if with groans.
* Herbert
As verbs the difference between grunted and groaned
is that grunted is (grunt) while groaned is (groan).grunted
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*grunt
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* grunt boy * grunt workVerb
(en verb) * Frequentative: gruntleReferences
Adjective
(head)groaned
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Verb
(head)groan
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Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- We groaned at his awful jokes.
- The wooden table groaned under the weight of the banquet.
- Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, / Or that which groaneth to be so.