Nimble vs Shrill - What's the difference?
nimble | shrill |
Quick and light in movement or action.
Quick-witted and alert.
High-pitched and piercing.
* Shakespeare
* Byron
Sharp or keen to the senses.
To make a shrill noise.
* Spenser
* Goldsmith
* L. Wallace
As adjectives the difference between nimble and shrill
is that nimble is quick and light in movement or action while shrill is high-pitched and piercing.As a verb shrill is
to make a shrill noise.As a noun shrill is
a shrill sound.nimble
English
Adjective
(er)- He was too nimble for the assailant and easily escaped his grasp.
- She has a nimble mind and can improvise in any situation.
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.