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Yell vs Kell - What's the difference?

yell | kell |

As nouns the difference between yell and kell

is that yell is a shout while kell is (obsolete) the caul or kell can be a kiln or kell can be a sort of pottage; kale.

As a verb yell

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

As an adjective yell

is (ulster) 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

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    Adjective

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

    kell

    English

    Etymology 1

    Compare caul.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The caul.
  • (obsolete, figurative) That which covers or envelops, like a caul; a net; a fold; a film.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • I'll have him cut to the kell .
  • (obsolete) The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect.
    • (Ben Jonson)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kiln.

    • Etymology 3

    A modification of kale.

    Noun

    (-)
  • A sort of pottage; kale.
    • (Ainsworth)
    (Webster 1913) ----