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Screak vs Scream - What's the difference?

screak | scream |

As nouns the difference between screak and scream

is that screak is shriek; screech while scream is a loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, usually horror, fear, excitement et cetera can be the exclamation of a word, but is usually a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound, particularly /æ/ or /i/.

As verbs the difference between screak and scream

is that screak is shriek; screech while scream is to cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.

screak

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • shriek; screech
  • *{{quote-book, year=1898, author=Amanda Millie Douglas, title=A Little Girl in Old Boston, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=She did not run against chairs nor move a stool so that the legs emitted a "screak " of agony, and she could sit still for an hour at a time if she had a book. }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • shriek; screech
  • * (Mark Twain)
    • The awfulest thing was the silence; there wasn't a sound but the screaking of the saddles, the measured tramplings, and the sneezing of the horses, afflicted by the smothering dust-clouds which they kicked up.
  • * {{quote-news, year=1999, date=July 2, author=Richard Meltzer, title=Vinyl Reckoning, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Which'll jar your bones, Jim!...sap your breath...distort your hearing for your own concrete thoughts 'til they screak like the muddled static of distant homily. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2003, date=November 14, author=Jeff Huebner, title=Coming Home, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=He finally does the hit next to the factory, causing the birds to screak and batter their cages. }}

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    scream

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, usually horror, fear, excitement et cetera. Can be the exclamation of a word, but is usually a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound, particularly /æ/ or /i/.
  • (music) A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer.
  • (informal) (Used as an intensifier)
    • We had a real scream of a time at the beach.
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    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry.
  • To move quickly; to race.
    • ''He almost hit a pole, the way he came screaming down the hill.

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