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Yap vs Yell - What's the difference?

yap | yell |

In intransitive terms the difference between yap and yell

is that yap is of a small dog, to bark while yell is shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.

As a proper noun Yap

is an atoll in the Caroline Islands of western Micronesia.

As an adjective yell is

dry of cow.

yap

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The high-pitched bark of a small dog.
  • An informal talk.
  • The mouth, which produces speech.
    • Shut your yap !
  • (Geordie) A badly behaved child, a brat.

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    Verb

    (yapp)
  • Of a small dog, to bark.
  • (slang) To talk, especially excessively.
    • You’re always yapping - I wish you’d shut up.

    Anagrams

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    yell

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) yellen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
  • to convey by shouting
    • He yelled directions to the party from the car.
    Synonyms
    * (shout) call, cry, holler, shout * See also
    Derived terms
    () * yell at * yell silently * yeller
    Usage notes
    To yell at' someone is as in a hostile manner, while to yell ' to someone means to speak loudly so as to be heard.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shout.
  • A phrase to be shouted.
  • * 1912 , The Michigan Alumnus (volume 18, page 152)
    • After the dinner a general reception was held in the spacious parlors of the hotel during which the occasion was very much enlivened with the old college songs and old college yells , which transported us all in mind and feelings

    Etymology 2

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    Adjective

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  • (Ulster) dry (of cow)
    • English reporting verbs