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Whistling vs Beep - What's the difference?

whistling | beep |

As verbs the difference between whistling and beep

is that whistling is while beep is to sound (something that makes a beep).

As nouns the difference between whistling and beep

is that whistling is a shrill, breathy sound; a whistle while beep is the sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.

whistling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shrill, breathy sound; a whistle.

    • beep

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
  • A short, electronically produced tone.

    • Synonyms

    * (electronically produced ): bleep

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sound (something that makes a beep).
    • The motorists in the traffic jam were getting more and more frustrated and started beeping their horns.
  • To have sexual intercourse (with) - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts
    • ''Jason beeped Sharlene after they had drunk a few beers.
  • To produce a beep.
  • Telephoning a person, but only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
    • ''Susan beeped Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call.

    Synonyms

    * (sound (a car horn) ): honk, hoot, sound, toot * to have intercourse with, have sex with, fuck * (telephoning ): flash

    See also

    * pip English onomatopoeias