Sob vs Moan - What's the difference?

In intransitive terms the difference between sob and moan

is that sob is to weep with convulsive gasps while moan is to make a moan or similar sound.

is that sob is to say (something) while sobbing while moan is to say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.

(en noun)

(coarse, slang) son of a bitch

(uncountable) shortness of breath

(en noun)

a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure

(en verb)

* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.7:

Much did the Craven seeme to mone his case […].

* Prior

Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan / My dear Columbo, dead and gone.

(obsolete) To distress (someone); to sadden.

* Beaumont and Fletcher

which infinitely moans me

To make a moan or similar sound.

To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.

‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned .

(colloquial) To complain; to grumble.

* See also

* moaner * moany

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