Screech vs. Yelp — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Screech and Yelp
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Definitions
Screech
(of a person or animal) give a loud, harsh, piercing cry
She hit her brother, causing him to screech with pain
Yelp
Yelp, Inc. develops, hosts, and markets the Yelp.com website and the Yelp mobile app, which publish crowd-sourced reviews about businesses.
Screech
A loud, harsh, piercing cry
Mary tried to drown her screeches by shaking her
Yelp
To utter a short, sharp bark or cry
Excited dogs yelping.
Yelped in pain when the bee stung.
Screech
A high-pitched, strident cry.
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Yelp
To utter by yelping.
Screech
A sound suggestive of this cry
The screech of train brakes.
Yelp
A short, sharp cry or bark.
Screech
To utter in a screech or high-pitched voice.
Yelp
An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail.
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Screech
To cry out in a high-pitched, strident voice.
Yelp
A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.
Screech
To make a sound suggestive of a screech
Tires screeched on the wet pavement.
Yelp
To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.
The children yelped with delight as they played in the cold water.
Screech
(countable) A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
Yelp
To boast.
I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe.
Screech
(countable) A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
Yelp
To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup.
A little herd of England's timorous deer,Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs?
At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation.
Screech
Newfoundland rum.
Yelp
A sharp, quick cry; a bark.
Screech
(uncountable) A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery.
Yelp
A sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
Screech
To make such a sound.
Yelp
Bark in a high-pitched tone;
The puppies yelped
Screech
To travel very fast, as if making the sounds of brakes being released.
Screech
To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek.
Screech
A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
Screech
A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry;
He ducked at the screechings of shells
He heard the scream of the brakes
Screech
Sharp piercing cry;
Her screaming attracted the neighbors
Screech
Make a high-pitched, screeching noise;
The door creaked when I opened it slowly
Screech
Utter a harsh abrupt scream
