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Warbled vs Warble - What's the difference?

warbled | warble |

As verbs the difference between warbled and warble

is that warbled is past participle of warble while warble is to modulate a tone's frequency.

As a noun warble is

in naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrow band noisemaker to ensure that the frequency to which the mine will respond is covered.

warbled

English

Verb

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    warble

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (warbl)
  • To modulate a tone's frequency.
  • To sing like a bird, especially with trills.
  • To cause to quaver or vibrate.
  • * Milton
    • touch the warbled string
  • To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
  • * (rfdate) Gay
    • Such strains ne'er warble in the linnet's throat.
    Synonyms
    * (sense, to modulate a tone's frequency) trill

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military) In naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrow band noisemaker to ensure that the frequency to which the mine will respond is covered.

    • Etymology 2

    From Middle English werble, (at least for the noun) from (etyl) werbel (mole cricket), cognate to Walloon waerbea.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma .

    • Derived terms

    * warble fly

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