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Howl vs Huff - What's the difference?

howl | huff |

As nouns the difference between howl and huff

is that howl is the protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound while huff is a heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.

As verbs the difference between howl and huff

is that howl is to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do while huff is to breathe heavily.

As a proper noun Huff 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

    huff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
    • With a huff , he lifted the box onto the back of the truck.
  • An expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.
    • Freyja left in a huff .
  • (obsolete) A boaster; one swelled with a false sense of value or importance.
    • Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion the sole badge of wit. — South.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To breathe heavily.
    • The run left him huffing and puffing.
  • To inhale psychoactive inhalants.
  • To say in a huffy manner.
  • (draughts) To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).
  • To enlarge; to swell up.
    • Bread huffs .
  • To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
  • * South
    • This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them huff at the doctrine of repentance.
  • To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke rudely; to hector; to bully.
  • * Echard
    • You must not presume to huff us.
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