Shrill vs Skirling - What's the difference?
shrill | skirling |
High-pitched and piercing.
* Shakespeare
* Byron
Sharp or keen to the senses.
To make a shrill noise.
* Spenser
* Goldsmith
* L. Wallace
As verbs the difference between shrill and skirling
is that shrill is to make a shrill noise while skirling is .As nouns the difference between shrill and skirling
is that shrill is a shrill sound while skirling is (uk|dialect) a small trout or salmon.As an adjective shrill
is high-pitched and piercing.shrill
English
Adjective
(er)- She spoke in a shrill voice.
- Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give / To sounds confused.
- Let winds be shrill , let waves roll high.
Verb
(en verb)- Break we our pipes, that shrill'd loud as lark.
- No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock.
- His voice shrilled with passion.