Outcry vs Keening - What's the difference?

Outcry is a related term of keening.

is that outcry is a loud cry or uproar while keening is intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake.

is that outcry is to cry out while keening is .

sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.

(outcries)

a loud cry or uproar

His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.

a strong protest

The proposal was met with a public outcry .

To cry out.

* 1919 , Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918: Volume 1

I think any man who outcries against the power of the government in Germany soon ceases to cry at all, because he is crushed.

To cry louder than.

* 2003 , Melvyn Bragg, Crossing the lines (page 355)

...outcrying the clacking of train wheels, the shrill of the whistle...

* 2007 , Anthony Dalton, Alone Against the Arctic (page 104)

The dogs added their voices to the din, howling for hours, each trying to outcry the others.

* English heteronyms

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Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.

''The keening sound of a dentist's drill sets my teeth on edge"

Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake

(by extension) An unpleasant sound.

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