Screech vs Assure - What's the difference?
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A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
(qualifier) Newfoundland rum.
A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery.
To make such a sound.
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(figuratively) to travel very fast, as if making the sounds of brakes being released
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To make sure and secure.
To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
(obsolete) To guarantee, promise (to do something).
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.ii:
To reassure.
Screech is a related term of assure.
As nouns the difference between screech and assure
is that screech is a high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface while assure is insuree.As verbs the difference between screech and assure
is that screech is to make such a sound while assure is .As an adjective assure is
insured.screech
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Noun
Derived terms
* screech bird * screecher * screech hawk * screech owlVerb
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* Canadian Englishassure
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Verb
(assur)- I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.
- He assured of his commitment to her happiness.
- That as a law for euer should endure; / Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure .