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Hubbub vs Caterwauling - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between hubbub and caterwauling

is that hubbub is a confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket while caterwauling is a sound that caterwauls.

As a verb caterwauling is

present participle of lang=en.

hubbub

English

Alternative forms

* whobub (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.
  • * John Milton, Paradise Lost
    • At length a universal hubbub wild
    Of stunning sounds and voices all confused,
    Borne through the hollow dark, assaults his ear
    With loudest vehemence.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    caterwauling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sound that caterwauls.
  • * Eleanor H. Porter, Oh, Money! Money!
    • Now, I like a good tune what is a tune; but them caterwaulings and dirges that that chap Gray plays on that fiddle of his—gorry, Mr. Smith, I'd rather hear the old barn door at home squeak any day.