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Wailing vs Squalling - What's the difference?

wailing | squalling |

As nouns the difference between wailing and squalling

is that wailing is a loud drawn out scream and howl while squalling is the act of one who squalls.

As verbs the difference between wailing and squalling

is that wailing is present participle of lang=en while squalling is present participle of lang=en.

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.

    squalling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1883:' '' – ' Squalling was the word for it, Pew's anger rose so high at these objections; till at last, his passion completely taking the upper hand, he struck at them right and left in his blindness, and his stick sounded heavily on more than one.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who squalls.
  • * 1842 , Blackwood's Magazine
    • But my attention was suddenly called from my own situation, by the most appalling shouts and squallings proceeding from the back of the carriage.