different between outcry vs yelp

English

Etymology

From Middle English outcry, outcri, outcrye, equivalent to out- +? cry.The verb is from Middle English outcrien.

Pronunciation

Noun

• (UK, US) enPR: out?kr?, IPA^(key): /?a?tk?a?/

Verb

• (UK, US) enPR: out-kr??, IPA^(key): /a?t?k?a?/

Noun

outcry (plural outcries)

1. A loud cry or uproar.

2. (figuratively) A strong protest.
3. (India, archaic) An auction.

   to send goods to an outcry

Translations

Verb

outcry (third-person singular simple present outcries, present participle outcrying, simple past and past participle outcried)

1. (intransitive) To cry out.
   • 1919, Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918: Volume 1

     I think any man who outcries against the power of the government in Germany soon ceases to cry at all, because he is crushed.

2. (transitive) To cry louder than.
   • 2003, Melvyn Bragg, Crossing the lines (page 355)

     ...outcrying the clacking of train wheels, the shrill of the whistle...

   • 2007, Anthony Dalton, Alone Against the Arctic (page 104)

     The dogs added their voices to the din, howling for hours, each trying to outcry the others.

Anagrams

• cry out

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?lp/
• Rhymes: -?lp

Etymology 1

From Middle English ?elp, yelp, from Old English ?ielp (“boasting, arrogance, pride”), from Proto-Germanic *gelp? (“boasting”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?el- (“to shout”).

Noun

yelp (plural yelps)

1. An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.

   The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail.

2. A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English ?elpen, yelpen, from Old English ?ielpan (“to boast”), from Proto-Germanic *gelpan?. Compare Saterland Frisian jalpe (“to bleep; cheep”).

Verb

yelp (third-person singular simple present yelps, present participle yelping, simple past and past participle yelped)

1. To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.

   The children yelped with delight as they played in the cold water.

Translations

Anagrams

• Pyle

Middle English

Noun

yelp

1. Alternative form of ?elp