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Yelled vs Belled - What's the difference?

yelled | belled |

As verbs the difference between yelled and belled

is that yelled is (yell) while belled is (bell).

As an adjective belled is

(heraldry) having bells (especially around the neck of an animal).

yelled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (yell)

    • 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

    belled

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (heraldry) Having bells (especially around the neck of an animal)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (bell)

    • References

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