different between howl vs bellow

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

English

Alternative forms

• (US, dialectal) beller

Etymology

From Middle English belwen, from Old English bylgian, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“to sound, roar”), whence also belg (“leather bag”), bellan (“to roar”), bl?wan (“to blow”). Cognate with German bellen (“to bark”), Russian ??????? (bléjat?, “baa, bleat”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?lo?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?l??/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Noun

bellow (plural bellows)

1. The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.

Translations

Verb

bellow (third-person singular simple present bellows, present participle bellowing, simple past and past participle bellowed)

1. To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.

   • the bellowing voice of boiling seas

2. To shout in a deep voice.

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