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Waiving vs Wailing - What's the difference?

waiving | wailing |

As verbs the difference between waiving and wailing

is that waiving is while wailing is .

As a noun wailing is

a loud drawn out scream and howl.

waiving

English

Verb

(head)

    • 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.