Shout vs Tell - What's the difference?
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A loud burst of voice or voices; a vehement and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, or animated courage.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A round of drinks in a pub; the turn to pay the shot or scot; an act of paying for a round of drinks.
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* 2006 , (Lily Allen), Knock 'Em Out
* 2008 , George Papaellinas, The Trip: An Odyssey , re.press, Australia,
(UK, Australia, jargon, slang) A call-out for an emergency services team.
To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.
* '', Act I, Scene II, 1797, George Steevens (editor), ''The Plays of William Shakespeare , Volume 7,
To utter with a shout; to cry; -- sometimes with out; as, to shout, or to shout out, a man's name.
(obsolete) To treat with shouts or clamor.
(colloquial) To pay for food, drink or entertainment for others.
* 1999 , Peter Moore, The Wrong Way Home: London to Sydney the Hard Way ,
* 2003 , Peter Watt, To Chase the Storm , Pan MacMillan Australia,
* 2005 , George G. Spearing, Dances with Marmots: A Pacific Crest Trail Adventure ,
* 2010 , Ivan Dunn, The Legend of Beau Baxter , HarperCollins Publishers, New Zealand,
(Internet) To post a text message (for example, email) in upper case.
(lb) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
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*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.vii:
*:And in his lap a masse of coyne he told , / And turned vpsidowne, to feede his eye / A couetous desire with his huge threasury.
*1875 , Hugh MacMillan, The Sunday Magazine :
*:Only He who made them can tell the number of the stars, and mark the place of each in the order of the one great dominant spiral.
(lb) To narrate.
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, title= (lb) To convey by speech; to say.
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, title= (lb) To instruct or inform.
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*Bible, (w) xii. 18
*:Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
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, passage=But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,
(lb) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
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*(Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)
*:He told her not to be frightened.
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*:Stability was restored, but once the re-entry propulsion was activated, the crew was told to prepare to come home before the end of their only day in orbit.
(lb) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
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*:Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
(lb) To reveal.
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(lb) To be revealed.
*1990 , (Stephen Coonts), Under Siege, 1991 (Pocket Books) edition, ISBN 0671742949, p.409:
*:Cherry looks old, Mergenthaler told himself. His age is telling . Querulous — that's the word. He's become a whining, querulous old man absorbed with trivialities.
(lb) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
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*1859 (John Stuart Mill), (On Liberty)
*:Opinion ought [… to give] merited honour to every one, whatever opinion he may holdkeeping nothing back which tells', or can be supposed to ' tell , in their favour.
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, title= A reflexive, often habitual behavior, (especially) one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
That which is told; tale; account.
* Walpole
(internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
(archaeology) A mound, originally in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
In intransitive terms the difference between shout and tell
is that shout is to utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc while tell is to have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.In transitive terms the difference between shout and tell
is that shout is to utter with a shout; to cry; -- sometimes with out; as, to shout, or to shout out, a man's name while tell is to reveal.In internet terms the difference between shout and tell
is that shout is to post a text message (for example, email) in upper case while tell is a private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.shout
English
Noun
(en noun)page 290,
- “I?ll get my wine though,” taking out her wallet.
- “No. This is my shout ,” holding up his hand as though to ward her money off.
- Cut to the pub on a lads night out,
- Man at the bar cos it was his shout
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- It was always my shout down the pub with Theo.
Verb
(en verb)page 15,
- They ?houted thrice; what was the la?t cry for?
- (Bishop Hall)
- I?ll shout you all a drink.
- He?s shouting us all to the opening night of the play.
page 301,
- After shouting me a plate of noodles and limp vegetables, he helped me change money by introducing me to the stallholder who offered the best exchange rates.
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- ‘I have not seen my cousin Patrick in years,’ Martin answered defensively. ‘I doubt that, considering the way our lives have gone, an officer of the King?s army would be shouting me a drink in Mr O?Riley?s pub these days.’
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- Anyhow, he obviously bore no grudge against Kiwis, for he shouted me a beer and opened another one for himself, punctuating the operation with a spectacular and resounding fart that by all the laws of physical science should have left his trousers flapping in smouldering shreds.
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- Truth is, I notice the other blokes who have been shouting me nodding among themselves and thinking they?d better get in the queue if I am buying. Not likely. I am out of there.
- Please don't shout in the chat room.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* shout down * shout outSee also
* (l)tell
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ((etyl) telja). More at tale.Verb
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}
Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia, passage=But England's superior fitness told in the second half, with Delon Armitage, Manu Tuilagi and Chris Ashton (two) going over for tries to secure a bonus-point win.}}
Synonyms
* (enumerate) count * (narrate) narrate, recount, relateAntonyms
* (to instruct or inform) askDerived terms
* all told * tell against * tell all * tell-all * tell off * tell on * tell-tale / telltale * tell tales * tell tales out of school * tellerNoun
(en noun)- I am at the end of my tell .