Keeling vs Keening - What's the difference?
keeling | keening |
Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.
Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake
(by extension) An unpleasant sound.
As verbs the difference between keeling and keening
is that keeling is while keening is .As nouns the difference between keeling and keening
is that keeling is (zoology) a cod while keening is intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake.As an adjective keening is
sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.keeling
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Etymology 1
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(head)Etymology 2
Compare Icelandic keila, Swedish kolja, Danish kulle.keening
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Adjective
(-)- ''The keening sound of a dentist's drill sets my teeth on edge"
