different between barking vs howling

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b??k??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??k??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k??
• Hyphenation: bark?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English berkyng, berkande, equivalent to bark +? -ing.

Verb

barking

1. present participle of bark

Derived terms

• barking dogs seldom bite

Adjective

barking (comparative more barking, superlative most barking)

1. Who or that barks or bark.

2. (British slang) Clipping of barking mad.

   Synonyms: three stops short of Dagenham; see also Thesaurus:insane

Etymology 2

From Middle English berkyng, berking, berkynge, equivalent to bark +? -ing.

Noun

barking (plural barkings)

1. The action of the verb to bark.
   • 1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Time

     Old pigtailed seamen would tell of horseshoes found in the meat casks; of curious barkings and neighings heard in the slaughter-houses; and of negroes who disappeared near the victualling yards, to be seen no more.

Translations

Anagrams

• braking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?l??/
• Rhymes: -a?l??

Etymology 1

From Middle English howlynge, howelynge, equivalent to howl +? -ing (gerund suffix).

Noun

howling (plural howlings)

1. The act of producing howls.

   The howling of wolves is haunting at night.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English howlinge, howlynge, equivalent to howl +? -ing (present participle ending).

Verb

howling

1. present participle of howl
   • 2009 February 19, Gareth Lewis, Southern Daily Echo:

     "They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy."

Adjective

howling (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Used as an intensifier

   a howling success