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Screaming vs Wailing - What's the difference?

screaming | wailing |

As verbs the difference between screaming and wailing

is that screaming is while wailing is .

As an adjective screaming

is loud, sharp, and piercing to the ear.

As a noun wailing is

a loud drawn out scream and howl.

screaming

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Loud, sharp, and piercing to the ear.
  • Obvious; distinct.
  • (LGBT, slang) Effeminate, flamboyant or otherwise obviously gay.
    • Did you see that guy at the bar? Screaming !

    Synonyms

    * screeching * shrieking

    Derived terms

    * no screaming hell * screamingest * screamingly

    wailing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A loud drawn out scream and howl.
  • *1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 5:
  • *:'For as soon as I heard Tewkesbury tell of screams and wailings in the air, and no one to be seen,' said Elzevir, 'I guessed that some poor soul had got shut in the vault, and was there crying for his life.

    • Verb

    (head)
    • Craig ran off wailing because his friend pulled a prank on him.