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Shrieking vs Shright - What's the difference?

shrieking | shright |

As verbs the difference between shrieking and shright

is that shrieking is while shright is (obsolete) (shriek).

As nouns the difference between shrieking and shright

is that shrieking is a sound that shrieks while shright is (obsolete) a shriek or shrieking; sobbing.

shrieking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sound that shrieks.
    • The shriekings of the tossing wind. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

    shright

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (shriek)
  • (obsolete) (shritch)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A shriek or shrieking; sobbing.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vii:
    • cruell Sprights, / That with their pitteous cryes, and yelling shrights , / They made the further shore resounden wide [...].