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Shrike vs Skrike - What's the difference?

shrike | skrike |

As nouns the difference between shrike and skrike

is that shrike is any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns while skrike is a cry or scream.

As a verb skrike is

to cry out or yell; to scream.

shrike

English

Noun

(wikipedia shrike) (en noun)
  • Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns.

    • Derived terms

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    Synonyms

    *butcherbird

    Anagrams

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    skrike

    English

    Verb

    (skrik)
  • (British, regional) To cry out or yell; to scream. (rfex)

    • Noun

    (skrikes)
  • (UK, regional) A cry or scream.
  • * c 1573 , attested by
    • at what tyme the said Herrison wyfe gave a skrike .
  • * 1824 , Allan's Tynside Songs , p. 182
    • Aw gav a skrike .
  • (UK, dialect) The missel thrush.

    • References

    * A Dictionary of North East Dialect , Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press. * A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary , J. R. Clark Hall, 1984, University of Toronto Press. * Journal of English and Germanic Philology: Volume 29 , 1930, Univeristy of Illinois Press. * 'Scric', Etymonline.com. ----