Howl vs Yap - What's the difference?

Yap is a coordinate term of howl.

is that howl is the protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound while yap is the high-pitched bark of a small dog.

is that howl is to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do while yap is of a small dog, to bark.

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(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.

(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

(en noun)

The high-pitched bark of a small dog.

An informal talk.

The mouth, which produces speech.

Shut your yap !

(Geordie) A badly behaved child, a brat.

(yapp)

Of a small dog, to bark.

(slang) To talk, especially excessively.

You’re always yapping - I wish you’d shut up.

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