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Warling vs Wailing - What's the difference?

warling | wailing |

As nouns the difference between warling and wailing

is that warling is one often quarreled with, as in "It is better to be an old man's darling than a young man's warling."wailing is a loud drawn out scream and howl.

As a verb wailing is

present participle of lang=en.

warling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) One often quarreled with, as in "It is better to be an old man's darling than a young man's warling."

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    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.