Shrill vs Louder - What's the difference?
shrill | louder |
High-pitched and piercing.
* Shakespeare
* Byron
Sharp or keen to the senses.
To make a shrill noise.
* Spenser
* Goldsmith
* L. Wallace
(loud)
(of a sound) Of great intensity.
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Noisy.
* Bible, Proverbs vii. 11
Not subtle or reserved, brash.
Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
As adjectives the difference between shrill and louder
is that shrill is high-pitched and piercing while louder is (loud).As a verb shrill
is to make a shrill noise.As a noun shrill
is a shrill sound.shrill
English
Adjective
(er)- She spoke in a shrill voice.
- Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give / To sounds confused.
- Let winds be shrill , let waves roll high.
Verb
(en verb)- Break we our pipes, that shrill'd loud as lark.
- No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock.
- His voice shrilled with passion.
louder
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*loud
English
Alternative forms
* lowd (obsolete)Adjective
(er)- She is loud and stubborn.