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Shrill vs Honk - What's the difference?

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Shrill is a related term of honk.


As verbs the difference between shrill and honk

is that shrill is to make a shrill noise while honk is (intransitive) to use a car horn.

As nouns the difference between shrill and honk

is that shrill is a shrill sound while honk is the sound produced by a typical car horn.

As an adjective shrill

is high-pitched and piercing.

As an interjection honk is

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shrill

English

Adjective

(er)
  • High-pitched and piercing.
    • She spoke in a shrill voice.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give / To sounds confused.
  • * Byron
    • Let winds be shrill , let waves roll high.
  • Sharp or keen to the senses.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a shrill noise.
  • * Spenser
    • Break we our pipes, that shrill'd loud as lark.
  • * Goldsmith
    • No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock.
  • * L. Wallace
    • His voice shrilled with passion.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shrill sound.
    • (Spenser)

    honk

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive) To use a car horn.
    • They stood and observed how long it took for the other cars to honk .
  • To make a sound like a car horn.
  • To make the sound of a goose.
    • "Honk! " she said, beaming reassuringly through the window and flapping her arms.
  • (informal) To vomit: regurgitate the contents of one's stomach.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound produced by a typical car horn.
  • The cry of a goose.

    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
    • English ergative verbs ----