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Callout vs Yell - What's the difference?

callout | yell |

As nouns the difference between callout and yell

is that callout is (communication) outward bound telephone calls while yell is a shout.

As a verb yell is

shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.

As an adjective yell is

(ulster) dry (of cow).

callout

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (communication) Outward bound telephone calls.
  • (slang) An invitation to fight; the act of one child calling out another.
  • (typography, graphic layout) A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic.
  • A summons to someone designated as being on call
  • An annotation that pertains to a specific location in a body of text or a graphic, and that is visually linked to that location by a mark or a matching pair of marks.
  • 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

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