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Outcry vs Ululation - What's the difference?

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Outcry is a related term of ululation.


As nouns the difference between outcry and ululation

is that outcry is a loud cry or uproar while ululation is a long, loud, mournful cry or howl.

As a verb outcry

is to cry out.

outcry

English

Noun

(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 .

    Verb

  • 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.

    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms

    ululation

    English

    (wikipedia ululation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long, loud, mournful cry or howl.