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Pronounce vs Bellow - What's the difference?

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Pronounce is a related term of bellow.


As verbs the difference between pronounce and bellow

is that pronounce is to formally declare, officially or ceremoniously while bellow is to make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.

As a noun bellow is

the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.

pronounce

English

Verb

(pronounc)
  • To formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.
  • * , chapter=5
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced . The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
  • To pass judgment.
  • To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
  • * 1869 , (Mark Twain), The Innocents Abroad , page 182:
  • They spell it "Vinci" and pronounce' it "Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they ' pronounce .
  • *
  • To produce the components of speech.
  • To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
  • To read aloud.
  • Derived terms

    * pronounceable * pronounced * pronouncer * pronouncing

    bellow

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.
  • * Dryden
  • the bellowing voice of boiling seas
  • To shout in a deep voice.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012
  • , date=May 13 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.}}

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