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Outcry vs Whimper - What's the difference?

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Outcry is a related term of whimper.


As nouns the difference between outcry and whimper

is that outcry is a loud cry or uproar while whimper is a low intermittent sob.

As verbs the difference between outcry and whimper

is that outcry is to cry out while whimper is to cry or sob softly and intermittently.

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.

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    * English heteronyms

    whimper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A low intermittent sob.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cry or sob softly and intermittently.
    • The lonely puppy began to whimper as soon as we left the room.
  • * 1886 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde)
    • At the sight of Mr. Utterson, the housemaid broke into hysterical whimpering ; and the cook, crying out "Bless God! it's Mr. Utterson," ran forward as if to take him in her arms.
  • To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain.
  • * Latimer
    • Was there ever yet preacher but there were gainsayers that spurned, that winced, that whimpered against him?
  • To say something in a whimpering manner.
    • "Master, please don't punish me!" he whimpered .

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    Derived terms

    * whimperative