different between guffaw vs howl

English

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???f??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???f?/
• (AU/NZ) IPA^(key): /???fo?/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

guffaw (plural guffaws)

1. A boisterous laugh.

   • On opening the little door, two hairy monsters flew at my throat, bearing me down, and extinguishing the light; while a mingled guffaw from Heathcliff and Hareton put the copestone on my rage and humiliation.

   Synonym: belly laugh

Translations

Verb

guffaw (third-person singular simple present guffaws, present participle guffawing, simple past and past participle guffawed)

1. (intransitive) To laugh boisterously.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:laugh

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English howlen, houlen, from Old English *h?lian, from Proto-Germanic *h?wil?n?, *hiuwil?n? (“to howl”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?-, *kew- (“to howl, scream”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian huulje (“to howl”), Dutch huilen (“to howl”), Old French ouler,German Low German hulen (“to howl”), German heulen (“to howl”), Danish hyle (“to howl”),Swedish yla (“to scream, yell”), Northern Luri ?????? (??ir, “howl”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

howl (plural howls)

1. The protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canid; also of other animals.
2. Any similar sound.

3. A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.

Derived terms

• Irish howl

Translations

Verb

howl (third-person singular simple present howls, present participle howling, simple past and past participle howled)

1. To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
   • 1627, Michael Drayton, The Moone Calfe

     And dogs in corners set them down to howl.
2. To utter a sound expressive of pain or distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
   • c. 1809 Walter Scott, The Poacher
4. To utter with outcry.

   to howl derision

Translations

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *s?wol (compare Welsh haul, Breton heol; compare also Irish súil (“eye”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh?wl?.

Noun

howl m (plural howlyow)

1. sun