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Moan vs Squeak - What's the difference?

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In intransitive terms the difference between moan and squeak

is that moan is to make a moan or similar sound while squeak is to emit a short, high-pitched sound.

In transitive terms the difference between moan and squeak

is that moan is to say in a moan, or with a moaning voice while squeak is to speak or sound in a high-pitched manner.

As nouns the difference between moan and squeak

is that moan is a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure while squeak is a short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the calls of small animals.

As verbs the difference between moan and squeak

is that moan is to complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn while squeak is to emit a short, high-pitched sound.

moan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure

    • Verb

    (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.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * moaner * moany

    Related terms

    * bemoan

    See also

    * murmur * protest * lament

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    squeak

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the calls of small animals.
  • (games) A card game similar to group solitaire.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To emit a short, high-pitched sound.
  • * '>citation
  • (slang) To inform, to squeal.
  • * Dryden
    • If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks , I warrant him.
  • To speak or sound in a high-pitched manner.
  • (games) To empty the pile of 13 cards a player deals to themself in the card game of the same name.
  • (informal) To win or progress by a narrow margin.
  • * 1999 , Surfer (volume 40, issues 7-12)
    • allowing Parkinson to squeak into the final by a half-point margin.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 23 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=France were transformed from the feeble, divided unit that had squeaked past Wales in the semi-final, their half-backs finding the corners with beautifully judged kicks from hand, the forwards making yards with every drive and a reorganised Kiwi line-out beginning to malfunction.}}

    Derived terms

    * squeaky * squeak by

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