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Whinny vs Cluck - What's the difference?

whinny | cluck |

As nouns the difference between whinny and cluck

is that whinny is a gentle neigh while cluck is the sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.

As verbs the difference between whinny and cluck

is that whinny is to make a gentle neigh while cluck is to make such a sound.

whinny

English

Noun

(whinnies)
  • A gentle neigh.
  • * Tennyson
    • The stately horse stooped with a low whinny .

    Verb

  • (transitive, intransitive, of a horse) To make a gentle neigh.

    • cluck

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (dialectal) * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.
  • Any sound similar to this.
  • A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make such a sound.
  • To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
  • * Shakespeare
    • She, poor hen, fond of no second brood, / Has clucked three to the wars.
  • to suffer withdrawal from heroin.

    • See also

    * cackle English onomatopoeias