Howled vs Bowled - What's the difference?
howled | bowled |
(howl)
The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.
A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
* Drayton
* Shakespeare
To utter a sound expressive of pain or distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
* Bible, Isaiah xiii. 6
To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
* Sir Walter Scott
To utter with outcry.
(cricket) Describing the method of being dismissed in which the ball is bowled, and it hits and breaks the batsman's wicket.
(bowl)
As verbs the difference between howled and bowled
is that howled is (howl) while bowled is (bowl).As an adverb bowled is
(cricket) describing the method of being dismissed in which the ball is bowled, and it hits and breaks the batsman's wicket.howled
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Verb
(head)howl
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Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- And dogs in corners set them down to howl .
- Methought a legion of foul fiends / Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears.
- Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand.
- Wild howled the wind.
- to howl derision