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Howl vs Honk - What's the difference?

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Howl is a related term of honk.


As nouns the difference between howl and honk

is that howl is the protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound while honk is the sound produced by a typical car horn.

As verbs the difference between howl and honk

is that howl is to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do while honk is (intransitive) to use a car horn.

As an interjection honk is

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howl

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.
  • A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
  • * Drayton
  • And dogs in corners set them down to howl .
  • * Shakespeare
  • Methought a legion of foul fiends / Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears.
  • To utter a sound expressive of pain or distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
  • * Bible, Isaiah xiii. 6
  • Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand.
  • To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • Wild howled the wind.
  • To utter with outcry.
  • to howl derision

    honk

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive) To use a car horn.
  • They stood and observed how long it took for the other cars to honk .
  • To make a sound like a car horn.
  • To make the sound of a goose.
  • "Honk! " she said, beaming reassuringly through the window and flapping her arms.
  • (informal) To vomit: regurgitate the contents of one's stomach.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound produced by a typical car horn.
  • The cry of a goose.