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Snarling vs Growl - What's the difference?

snarling | growl |

As nouns the difference between snarling and growl

is that snarling is the act of producing a snarl or growl while growl is the deep, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal; a grumbling sound.

As verbs the difference between snarling and growl

is that snarling is while growl is to utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.

As an adjective snarling

is growling, having a snarl.

snarling

English

Adjective

(head)
  • growling, having a snarl.
    • The snarling dog scared me away without ever opening its mouth and without making enough noise to wake the household.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of producing a snarl or growl.
  • * 1906 , Jack London, White Fang
    • When dogs fight, there are usually preliminaries to the actual combat — snarlings and bristlings and stiff-legged struttings. But White Fang learned to omit these preliminaries.

    Verb

    (head)

    • growl

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (dialectal) * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The deep, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal; a grumbling sound.
  • The sound made by a hungry stomach.

    • Derived terms

    * death growl

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
    • The dog growled at me as I walked past.
  • To express (something) by growling.
    • The old man growled his displeasure at the postman.
  • (software) To send a user a message via the software library.