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Hailing vs Wailing - What's the difference?

hailing | wailing |

As verbs the difference between hailing and wailing

is that hailing is while wailing is .

As nouns the difference between hailing and wailing

is that hailing is the act by which somebody is hailed while wailing is a loud drawn out scream and howl.

hailing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which somebody is hailed.
  • * Sara Mills
    • There is an unending series of hailings , both direct and indirect, to which the reader responds or does not respond. Thus, although certain texts attempt to address themselves to the reader, she may be critical of them

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    wailing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A loud drawn out scream and howl.
  • *1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 5:
  • *:'For as soon as I heard Tewkesbury tell of screams and wailings in the air, and no one to be seen,' said Elzevir, 'I guessed that some poor soul had got shut in the vault, and was there crying for his life.

    • Verb

    (head)
    • Craig ran off wailing because his friend pulled a prank on him.