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Ululate vs Moan - What's the difference?

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Ululate is a related term of moan.


As a verb ululate

is to howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy.

As a proper noun moan is

anglesey.

ululate

English

Verb

(ululat)
  • to howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy
  • * 1915 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
    • Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her. It was badly stage-managed; for even the rawest investigators must be struck by the absence of the usual feminine ululation .
  • to produce a rapid and prolonged series of sharp noises with one's voice.

    • Synonyms

    * (to howl ): bay, howl, wail

    Related terms

    * ululant * ululation English reduplications ----

    moan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.7:
    • Much did the Craven seeme to mone his case […].
  • * Prior
    • Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan / My dear Columbo, dead and gone.
  • (obsolete) To distress (someone); to sadden.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • which infinitely moans me
  • To make a moan or similar sound.
  • To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.
    • ‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned .
  • (colloquial) To complain; to grumble.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * moaner * moany

    Related terms

    * bemoan

    See also

    * murmur * protest * lament

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