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Screeching vs Squeaking - What's the difference?

screeching | squeaking |

As verbs the difference between screeching and squeaking

is that screeching is while squeaking is .

As nouns the difference between screeching and squeaking

is that screeching is the act of producing a screech while squeaking is a sound that squeaks.

screeching

English

Verb

(head)

    • Derived terms

    * screeching frog

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of producing a screech.
    • hysterical screechings

    squeaking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sound that squeaks.
  • * 1901 , H. Rider Haggard, Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch
    • Then he paused a while, and Adrian seemed to hear certain strange squeakings proceeding from the walls.