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Yarl vs Yawl - What's the difference?

yarl | yawl |

As nouns the difference between yarl and yawl

is that yarl is a deep, guttural vocal style with affected pronunciation, characteristic of male grunge and postgrunge singers of the while yawl is a small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.

As verbs the difference between yarl and yawl

is that yarl is to sing in this manner while yawl is to cry out; to howl;.

yarl

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A deep, guttural vocal style with affected pronunciation, characteristic of male grunge and postgrunge singers of the .
  • * 2002 , Patrick Berkery, " Record Review", Creative Loafing (Atlanta), 9 January 2002:
    • So pontificating on how Weathereds earnest morass of block-headed rage, grunge-lite mega-riffs and singer Scott Stapp's machismo ' yarl amounts to little more than Pearl Jam circa '91 for dummies is like shooting fish in a barrel.
  • * 2008 , Michael J. Vaughn, Outro , iUniverse (2008), ISBN 9781440111402, page 10:
    • One of my college kids informed me that the latest acoustic grinder hunk had covered it for a soundtrack — probably with that grungy yarl that everybody ripped off from Eddie Vedder.
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    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sing in this manner.
  • * 2009 , Andrew Matson, " Is there any reason to listen to the new Alice in Chains album, "Black Gives Way to Blue"?", The Seattle Times , 21 October 2009:
    • On "All Secrets Known," he yarls "fingers" into "fingerrrrrrrraaaaaaughhhhhzzzzzzz."
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    • References

    yawl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
  • A fore and aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • To cry out; to howl;
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