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Wailing vs Caterwauling - What's the difference?

wailing | caterwauling |

As nouns the difference between wailing and caterwauling

is that wailing is a loud drawn out scream and howl while caterwauling is a sound that caterwauls.

As verbs the difference between wailing and caterwauling

is that wailing is while caterwauling is .

wailing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A loud drawn out scream and howl.
  • *1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 5:
  • *:'For as soon as I heard Tewkesbury tell of screams and wailings in the air, and no one to be seen,' said Elzevir, 'I guessed that some poor soul had got shut in the vault, and was there crying for his life.

    • Verb

    (head)
    • Craig ran off wailing because his friend pulled a prank on him.

    caterwauling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sound that caterwauls.
  • * Eleanor H. Porter, Oh, Money! Money!
    • Now, I like a good tune what is a tune; but them caterwaulings and dirges that that chap Gray plays on that fiddle of his—gorry, Mr. Smith, I'd rather hear the old barn door at home squeak any day.