Neigh vs Tweet - What's the difference?
neigh | tweet |
(of a horse) to make its cry
to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
(obsolete) To scoff or sneer.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
(Internet) An entry posted on the microblogging service .
* {{quote-news, 2007, April 22, Jason Pontin, Twitter takes instant messaging to an extreme, International Herald-Tribune
, passage=Every few seconds, a tweet appears and vanishes somewhere on the globe.}}
* 2008 , Wendy Chisholm, Matthew May, Universal Design for Web Applications
* 2008 , Chris Seibold, Big Book of Apple Hacks
To make a short high-pitched sound, like that of certain birds.
(ambitransitive, Internet) To post an update to .
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=April 19
, author=Josh Halliday
, title=Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?
, work=the Guardian
As nouns the difference between neigh and tweet
is that neigh is the cry of a horse while tweet is the sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.As verbs the difference between neigh and tweet
is that neigh is to make its cry while tweet is to make a short high-pitched sound, like that of certain birds.neigh
English
Verb
(en verb)- This fake laughter sounds like a horse neighing .
- neighed at his nakedness
See also
* whinny * nickertweet
English
Noun
(en noun)citation
- For example, as you edit a tweet in Twitter, the number of characters left is updated as you type.
- A tweet can be received via SMS to your cell phone...
Verb
citation, page= , passage=In Saudi Arabia, one of the most conservative societies, one online rebel has rocked the Islamic establishment with tweeted allegations of corruption within the ruling royal family.}}