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Whirring vs Chirring - What's the difference?

whirring | chirring |

As nouns the difference between whirring and chirring

is that whirring is a whirr, the sounds of a whirr while chirring is the sound of a chirr.

As verbs the difference between whirring and chirring

is that whirring is present participle of lang=en while chirring is present participle of chirr.

whirring

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A whirr, the sounds of a whirr.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • chirring

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound of a chirr.
  • * 2008 , Cornelia F. Mutel, The Emerald Horizon: The History of Nature in Iowa (page 166)
    • American toads still fill spring nights with prolonged chirrings , while tree-frogs trill from perches in trees and shrubs.