Shrill vs Whistle - What's the difference?
shrill | whistle | Related terms |
High-pitched and piercing.
* Shakespeare
* Byron
Sharp or keen to the senses.
To make a shrill noise.
* Spenser
* Goldsmith
* L. Wallace
A device designed to be placed in the mouth in order, or driven by steam or otherwise, to make a whistling sound.
An act of whistling.
A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.
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Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
(Cockney rhyming slang) A suit (from whistle and flute ).
* 2005 , Wally Payne, A Minority of One: A Monkey's Tale Continued
The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.
* Walton
(ambitransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.
To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
* Addison
Shrill is a related term of whistle.
As verbs the difference between shrill and whistle
is that shrill is to make a shrill noise while whistle is (ambitransitive) to make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth to produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.As nouns the difference between shrill and whistle
is that shrill is a shrill sound while whistle is a device designed to be placed in the mouth in order, or driven by steam or otherwise, to make a whistling sound.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.
whistle
English
(wikipedia whistle)Noun
(en noun)- the whistle of the wind in the trees
- We soldiers changed into our No.1 dress uniforms, Sid into his best whistle and we set off for the church.
- Let's drink the other cup to wet our whistles .
Derived terms
* bells and whistles * * it's not the whistle that pulls the train * wet one's whistle * whistle-blower * whistle pig * whistle-stop * whistle walkVerb
(whistl)- Never whistle at a funeral.
- She was whistling a happy tune.
- A bullet whistled past.
- He chanced to miss his dog; we stood still till he had whistled him up.