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Yap vs Yip - What's the difference?

yap | yip |

Yip is a coordinate term of yap.



As nouns the difference between yap and yip

is that yap is the high-pitched bark of a small dog while yip is a sharp, high-pitched bark.

As verbs the difference between yap and yip

is that yap is of a small dog, to bark while yip is to bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice.

As a proper noun Yap

is an atoll in the Caroline Islands of western Micronesia.

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.

    • References

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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

    * * * ----

    yip

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sharp, high-pitched bark.
  • *

    • Verb

  • To bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice.
    • ---- ==Kir-Balar==

    Noun

    (head)
  • water

    • References

    * Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, ISBN 9042908262), page 38