different between howl vs jowl

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

• jole, joll (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• enPR: joul, IPA^(key): /d?a?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English chawl, chavel (“cheek, jaw”), from Old English ?eafl, from Proto-West Germanic *kafl.

Noun

jowl (plural jowls)

1. the jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible.
   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4

     I had lain, therefore, all that time, cheek by jowl with Blackbeard himself, with only a thin shell of tinder wood to keep him from me, and now had thrust my hand into his coffin and plucked away his beard.

Translations

Verb

jowl (third-person singular simple present jowls, present participle jowling, simple past and past participle jowled)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To throw, dash, or knock.

Etymology 2

From Middle English cholle (“wattle, jowl”), from Old English ?eole, ?eolu (“throat”), from Proto-Germanic *kel? (“gullet”) (compare West Frisian kiel, Dutch keel, German Kehle), from Proto-Indo-European *g?elu- (“to swallow”) (compare Old Irish in·gilid (“to graze”), Irish goile (“stomach”), Latin gula (“throat”), glutti? (“to swallow”), Russian ???????? (glotát?, “to swallow, gulp”), Ancient Greek ?????? (délear, “lure”), Armenian ?????? (klanel, “I swallow”), Persian ???? (galu), Hindi ??? (gal?, “neck, throat”)).

Noun

jowl (plural jowls)

1. a fold of fatty flesh under the chin, around the cheeks, or lower jaw (as a dewlap, wattle, crop, or double chin).
2. the cheek; especially the cheek meat of a hog.
3. cut of fish including the head and adjacent parts

Derived terms

• jowly
• cheek and jowl
• cheek by jowl
• tooth-to-jowl

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