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Yell vs Shrill - What's the difference?

yell | shrill |

As verbs the difference between yell and shrill

is that yell is shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice while shrill is to make a shrill noise.

As nouns the difference between yell and shrill

is that yell is a shout while shrill is a shrill sound.

As adjectives the difference between yell and shrill

is that yell is (ulster) dry (of cow) while shrill is high-pitched and piercing.

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

    shrill

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • High-pitched and piercing.
  • She spoke in a shrill voice.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give / To sounds confused.
  • * Byron
  • Let winds be shrill , let waves roll high.
  • Sharp or keen to the senses.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a shrill noise.
  • * Spenser
  • Break we our pipes, that shrill'd loud as lark.
  • * Goldsmith
  • No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock.
  • * L. Wallace
  • His voice shrilled with passion.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shrill sound.
  • (Spenser)