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Sob vs Keening - What's the difference?

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Sob is a related term of keening.


As nouns the difference between sob and keening

is that sob is a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath while keening is intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake.

As verbs the difference between sob and keening

is that sob is to weep with convulsive gasps or sob can be to soak while keening is .

As an adjective keening is

sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.

sob

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (coarse, slang) son of a bitch
  • (uncountable) shortness of breath

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    keening

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.
    • ''The keening sound of a dentist's drill sets my teeth on edge"

    Noun

  • Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake
  • (by extension) An unpleasant sound.

    • Verb

    (head)

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