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Twittered vs Roared - What's the difference?

twittered | roared |

As verbs the difference between twittered and roared

is that twittered is past tense of twitter while roared is past tense of roar.

twittered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (twitter)

    • twitter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
    • I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.
  • Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format.
  • * 1986 , IEEE, Second International Conference on Simulators: 7-11 September 1986 (page 145)
    • Interline twitter occurs on interlaced displays at half the field-rate.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To utter a succession of chirps.
  • * Gray
    • The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed.
  • (transitive) (of a person) To talk in an excited or nervous manner.
  • *
    • it doth not become such a one as you to twitter me.
  • *
  • To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.
  • To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
  • (neologism, Internet) To use the microblogging service .
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    • Synonyms

    * (internet neologism) tweet

    Derived terms

    * atwitter

    roared

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (roar)

    • Anagrams

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    roar

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
  • * Dryden
    • Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief / Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief.
  • To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
    • The audience roared at his jokes.
  • Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.
  • * Spenser
    • Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.
  • Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
  • * Milton
    • The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar .
  • * Gray
    • How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar .
  • (figuratively) To proceed vigorously.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 25, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC
    • , title= Blackpool 2-3 Man Utd , passage=United's attempt to extend their unbeaten league sequence to 23 games this season looked to be in shreds as the Seasiders - managed by Ian Holloway - roared into a fully deserved two-goal lead at the interval. }}
  • To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
  • * Ford
    • This last action will roar thy infamy.
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.}}
  • To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
  • * Bishop Burnet
    • It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.
  • To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long, loud, deep shout made with the mouth wide open.
  • The cry of the lion.
  • * 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
    • The Winkies were not a brave people, but they had to do as they were told. So they marched away until they came near to Dorothy. Then the Lion gave a great roar and sprang towards them, and the poor Winkies were so frightened that they ran back as fast as they could.
  • The deep cry of the bull.
  • A loud resounding noise.
    • the roar of a motorbike
  • * 1944, , Brave Men , University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 107:
    • "Those lovely valleys and mountains were filled throughout the day and night with the roar of heavy shooting."
  • A show of strength or character.