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Yell vs Jingle - What's the difference?

yell | jingle |

As verbs the difference between yell and jingle

is that yell is shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice while jingle is to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.

As nouns the difference between yell and jingle

is that yell is a shout while jingle is the sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.

As an adjective yell

is dry of cow.

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

    .

    Adjective

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

    jingle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.
  • He heard the jingle of her keys in the door and turned off the screen.
  • A short tune or verse, especially one used to advertise something.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=June 3 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992) citation , page= , passage=The best of friends become the worst of enemies when Barney makes a hilarious attack ad where he viciously pummels a cardboard cut-out of Homer before special guest star Linda Ronstadt joins the fun to both continue the attack on the helpless Homer stand-in and croon a slanderously accurate, insanely catchy jingle about how “Mr. Plow is a loser/And I think he is a boozer.” }}
  • A carriage drawn by horses.
  • *
  • Verb

  • To make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.
  • The beads jingled as she walked.
  • To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.
  • She jingled the beads as she walked.
  • (dated) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.
  • * Macaulay
  • Jingling street ballads.

    Derived terms

    * jingle bell

    See also

    * clink * rattle ----