Pule vs Mewl - What's the difference?
pule | mewl |
To whimper or to whine.
To cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine.
* 1599 , , As You Like It
* 1844 , , Martin Chuzzlewit
* 2007 , Kiesa Kay, Mimosa May, Tornado Alley ,
A soft cry or whimper; an act of mewling .
* 1995 , , Natália Costa, Ronald W. Sousa (translators), The Murmuring Coast ,
* 2009 , Mickey Erlach, Cruising for Bad Boys ,
* 2010 , Chris Wooding, Malice ,
As nouns the difference between pule and mewl
is that pule is chicken while mewl is a soft cry or whimper; an act of mewling .As a verb mewl is
to cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine.pule
English
Verb
(pul)- "Although the elderly man had some terrible turn of events before him, as well as mounting pain from his illness, he did not ever complain or pule ."
References
* OED 2nd edition 1989 ----mewl
English
Verb
- And one man in his time plays many parts, / His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, / Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms; / Then the whining school-boy, ...
- You're a pretty clog to be tied to a man for life, you mewling , white-faced cat!
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- My father started rubbing and rubbing on Mittens, scruffying her fur the wrong way, and she mewled her protests.
Noun
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- There would have been total silence if it hadn't been for the sea nearby, mewling. Indeed, that same mewl added to the sleepy image that filled the dormant house.
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- I let out another moaning mewl , biting my lip as I awaited whatever he planned.
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- The scratching stopped, and there was another piteous mewl from behind the door.