Utter vs Holler - What's the difference?
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* Chapman
* Spenser
* Milton
(obsolete) Outward.
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Matthew XXIII:
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.10:
Absolute, unconditional, total, complete.
* Atterbury
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To say
To use the voice
To make speech sounds which may or may not have an actual language involved
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To make (a noise)
(legal) To put counterfeit money, etc. , into circulation
(label) Further out; further away, outside.
*, Bk.VII, Ch.v:
*:So whan he com nyghe to hir, she bade hym ryde uttir —‘for thou smellyst all of the kychyn.’
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A yell, shout.
By extension, any communication to get somebody's attention.
To yell or shout.
To call out one or more words
To complain, gripe
(dialectal, especially, Southern US, Appalachia) .
In lang=en terms the difference between utter and holler
is that utter is to make (a noise) while holler is to call out one or more words.As adjectives the difference between utter and holler
is that utter is while holler is (dialectal|especially|southern us|appalachia).As verbs the difference between utter and holler
is that utter is to say while holler is to yell or shout.As an adverb utter
is (label) further out; further away, outside.As a noun holler is
a yell, shout or holler can be (southern us|appalachia) (small valley between mountains).utter
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ; compare (outer).Adjective
(-)- By him a shirt and utter mantle laid.
- As doth an hidden moth / The inner garment fret, not th' utter touch.
- Through utter and through middle darkness borne.
- Wo be to you scrybes and pharises ypocrites, for ye make clene the utter side off the cuppe, and off the platter: but within they are full of brybery and excesse.
- So forth without impediment I past, / Till to the Bridges utter gate I came .
- utter''' ruin; '''utter darkness
- They are utter strangers to all those anxious thoughts which disquiet mankind.
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Synonyms
* see alsoDerived terms
* utterly * utterness * uttermostEtymology 2
Partly from (out) (adverb/verb), partly from (etyl) uteren.Verb
(en verb)- Don't you utter another word!
- Sally uttered a sigh of relief.
- The dog uttered a growling bark.
- Sally is uttering some fairly strange things in her illness.
- Sally's car uttered a hideous shriek when she applied the brakes.
Derived terms
* utterance * utterer * utterless * utterableEtymology 3
(etyl) .Adverb
(en adverb)holler
English
Etymology 1
American variant of holla, hallo or hollo. Possibly derived from the Irish Gaelic oll-bhúir'', pronounced ''h-oll-oor , meaning a terrific yell, a great roar. Cassidy, D: "How the Irish invented Slang", page 179, CounterPunch Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-904859-60-4Noun
(en noun)- I heard a holler from over the fence.
- If you need anything, just give me a holler .
Synonyms
* hollering * cry, outcry * howl * hurl * scream * shoutVerb
(en verb)- You can holler at your computer as much as you want, but it won't help anything.
Synonyms
* shout * See also * See alsoReferences
Etymology 2
Variation of hollow.Adjective
(-)- the holler tree