Squeal vs Denounce - What's the difference?
squeal | denounce |
To scream by making a shrill, prolonged sound.
To give sensitive information about someone to a third party; to rat on someone.
(obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
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To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.
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To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
(obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
As verbs the difference between squeal and denounce
is that squeal is to scream by making a shrill, prolonged sound while denounce is (obsolete) to make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.As a noun squeal
is a high-pitched sound, as a scream of a child, or noisy worn-down brake pads.squeal
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(en verb)Derived terms
* squealerAnagrams
*denounce
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(denounc)- Nero .
- to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward
British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.
- to denounce a confederate in crime
- to denounce someone to the authorities
- to denounce''' war; to '''denounce punishment
