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Yeow vs Meow - What's the difference?

yeow | meow |

As interjections the difference between yeow and meow

is that yeow is expressing sudden pain or startlement while meow is the cry of a cat.

As a noun meow is

the cry of a cat.

As a verb meow is

of a cat, to make its cry.

yeow

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • Expressing sudden pain or startlement.
  • * 1999 , Annie Berthold-Bond, Better Basics for the Home: Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living
    • Yeow ! I don't think I could recommend going to this extreme, but the story certainly illustrates the lengths to which one is inspired to go to experience the feeling of steam-cleaned skin.
  • * 1995 , Robin Gibson, The Sheriff of Whiskey City
    • "You see anything?" Yeow ! I jumped ten feet in the air, dropping the lamp in the process.

    meow

    English

    Alternative forms

    * meu * mew * miaow, miaou (UK)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • The cry of a cat.
  • Said in reply to a spiteful or catty comment.
  • Said to denote seductiveness, mimicking a growl.

    • Synonyms

    * nyao

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The cry of a cat.

    • Derived terms

    * cat’s meow * meowy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Of a cat, to make its cry.

    • Synonyms

    * mew