Yell vs Grunt - What's the difference?
yell | grunt | Related terms |
shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
to convey by shouting
A shout.
A phrase to be shouted.
* 1912 , The Michigan Alumnus (volume 18, page 152)
A short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
The snorting cry of a pig.
Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
(label) An infantry soldier. (From the verb, just like all the other senses.)
To make a grunt or grunts.
* Shakespeare
To make a grunt or grunts.
To break wind; to fart.
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==Norwegian Bokmål==
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Yell is a related term of grunt.
As verbs the difference between yell and grunt
is that yell is shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice while grunt is to make a grunt or grunts.As nouns the difference between yell and grunt
is that yell is a shout while grunt is a short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.As an adjective yell
is (ulster) dry (of cow).yell
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) yellen, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- He yelled directions to the party from the car.
Synonyms
* (shout) call, cry, holler, shout * See alsoDerived terms
() * yell at * yell silently * yellerUsage 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)- 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