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Hawing vs Cawing - What's the difference?

hawing | cawing |

As verbs the difference between hawing and cawing

is that hawing is while cawing is .

As nouns the difference between hawing and cawing

is that hawing is the act of saying "haw", in intermission or hesitation of speech while cawing is the act of producing a caw sound.

hawing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of saying "haw", in intermission or hesitation of speech.
  • * 1847 , The University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review (page 285)
    • Blushing and stammering, awkward pauses, hemmings and hawings , tremblings of voice, and confusion in all its shapes there were between them

    cawing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of producing a caw sound.
  • * 1858 , The Naturalist (volume 8, page 147)
    • Whilst the proceedings of the Rooks seemed to be regulated with order and system, their cawings were significant of a good understanding, and the musical tones mentioned by the Editor of "The Naturalist," no one could fail to distinguish.