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Hubbub vs Squall - What's the difference?

hubbub | squall |

As nouns the difference between hubbub and squall

is that hubbub is a confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket while squall is a squall line, multicell line, or part of a squall line.

As a verb squall is

to cry or wail loudly.

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

    squall

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A squall line, multicell line, or part of a squall line.
  • A sudden storm, as found in a squall line. Often a nautical usage.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cry or wail loudly.
  • * 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island) :
    • Squalling was the word for it, Pew's anger rose so high at these objections; till at last, his passion completely taking the upper hand, he struck at them right and left in his blindness, and his stick sounded heavily on more than one.
  • * 1916 , (Jack London), The Red One :
    • Squalling like an infuriated cat, the shadow crashed down
  • * 1998 , (Anne McCafferey), Masterharper of Pern :
    • she wrapped the squalling , wriggling baby tightly into the fine cotton sheet

    Derived terms

    * squaller * squally