Yell vs Shrill - What's the difference?
yell | shrill |
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)
High-pitched and piercing.
* Shakespeare
* Byron
Sharp or keen to the senses.
To make a shrill noise.
* Spenser
* Goldsmith
* L. Wallace
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)- 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
Etymology 2
.shrill
English
Adjective
(er)- She spoke in a shrill voice.
- Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give / To sounds confused.
- Let winds be shrill , let waves roll high.
Verb
(en verb)- Break we our pipes, that shrill'd loud as lark.
- No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock.
- His voice shrilled with passion.