different between roar vs woof

English

Etymology

From Middle English roren, raren, from Old English r?rian (“to roar; wail; lament”), from Proto-Germanic *rair?n? (“to bellow; roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to shout; bellow; yell; bark”), perhaps of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rô, IPA^(key): /???/
• (General American) enPR: rôr, IPA^(key): /???/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: r?r, IPA^(key): /?o(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?o?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophone: raw (in non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Verb

roar (third-person singular simple present roars, present participle roaring, simple past and past participle roared)

1. (intransitive) To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
2. To laugh in a particularly loud manner.

3. Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.
   • {1590 Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene Bk 1, Canto VI, XXIV, lines 6&7}

     Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.

4. Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
   • How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.

5. (figuratively) To proceed vigorously.
6. (transitive) To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
   • 1639, John Ford, The Lady's Trial

     This last action will roar thy infamy.
7. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
   • 1724, Gilbert Burnet, History of My Own Time

     It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.

8. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
9. (Britain Yorkshire, North Midlands, informal) to cry

Translations

Noun

roar (plural roars)

1. A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
2. The cry of the lion.
   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

     The Winkies were not a brave people, but they had to do as they were told. So they marched away until they came near to Dorothy. Then the Lion gave a great roar and sprang towards them, and the poor Winkies were so frightened that they ran back as fast as they could.

3. The deep cry of the bull.
4. A loud resounding noise.

   the roar of a motorbike

   • 1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 107:

     "Those lovely valleys and mountains were filled throughout the day and night with the roar of heavy shooting."

5. A show of strength or character.

Translations

Anagrams

• Raro, orra

Swedish

Verb

roar

1. present tense of roa.

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /w?f/, /wu?f/, enPR: wo?of
• Rhymes: -?f, -u?f

Etymology 1

From Middle English oof, owf, from Old English ?wef, ?wef, from ?- (“on”) +? wef (“web”), from Old English wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-Germanic *weban? (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *web?-, *wob?- (“to weave, to lace together”).

Noun

woof (plural woofs)

1. The set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle; weft.
2. A fabric; the texture of a fabric.

Synonyms

• (crosswise thread or yarn): weft

Translations

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

woof (plural woofs)

1. The sound a dog makes when barking.

Coordinate terms

• (sound of a dog): arf, bark, bow wow, growl, howl, snarl, whimper, whine, yap, yelp, yip

Translations

Interjection

woof

1. The sound of a dog barking.
2. (humorous) Expression of strong physical attraction for someone.

Verb

woof (third-person singular simple present woofs, present participle woofing, simple past and past participle woofed)

1. To make a woofing sound.

Derived terms

• woofer

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

woof

1. (marketing) Initialism of well-off older folks.
2. (agriculture) Initialism of work on an organic farm.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o?f

Verb

woof

1. singular past indicative of wuiven