different between yearn vs shout

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /j??n/
• (General American) enPR: yûrn, IPA^(key): /j?n/
• Homophone: yern
• Rhymes: -??(r)n

Etymology 1

The verb is derived from Middle English yernen, yern (“to express or feel desire; to desire, long or wish for; to lust after; to ask or demand for”) [and other forms], from Old English ?eornan (“to desire, yearn; to beg”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *girnijan (“to be eager for, desire”), from Proto-Germanic *girnijan? (“to desire, want”), from *gernaz (“eager, willing”) (from Proto-Indo-European *??er- (“to yearn for”)) + *-jan? (suffix forming factitive verbs from adjectives).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb

yearn (third-person singular simple present yearns, present participle yearning, simple past and past participle yearned)

1. (intransitive, also figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.
   1. (specifically) To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.
2. (intransitive) Of music, words, etc.: to express strong desire or longing.
3. (intransitive, dated) To have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc., toward someone.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To be distressed or pained; to grieve; to mourn.
5. (transitive) Often followed by out: to perform (music) which conveys or say (words) which express strong desire or longing.
6. (transitive, archaic or poetic) To have a strong desire or longing (for something or to do something).

   Synonym: (obsolete) earn

7. (transitive, obsolete) To cause (someone) to have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc.; also, to grieve or pain (someone).

   Synonym: (obsolete) earn

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Derived terms

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Noun

yearn (plural yearns)

1. A strong desire or longing; a yearning, a yen.
   • 1917 August 12, "A YEARN FOR PEACE; Pan-Germanism Denounced" Sunday Times (Perth, WA) p.1
   • 1979 Norman Mailer, The Executioner's Song

     Gibbs now said he wasn't going to pull any punches with Gary when he knew how jealous a man could get, so he also wanted to tell him that Phil Hansen was reputed to have a yearn for attractive ladies.

   • 2010 Frank Buchmann-Moller Someone to Watch Over Me: The Life and Music of Ben Webster (University of Michigan Press) ?ISBN p.57

     "After he had made a record date with us in 1935, I always had a yearn for Ben," he said years later.

   • 2014 February 13, AFP, "Why internet adultery numbers are soaring" New Zealand Herald

     "My guess, however, is that it has because there are many people who have a yearn for sex outside their relationship but wouldn't have the slightest idea about how to do it or do it safely," Prof Schwartz added.

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Etymology 2

Probably either:

• a variant of earn (“to curdle, as milk”) (though this word is attested later), from Middle English erne, ernen (“to coagulate, congeal”) (chiefly South Midlands)  [and other forms], a metathetic variant of rennen (“to run; to coagulate, congeal”), from Old English rinnen (“to run”) (with the variants iernan, irnan) and Old Norse rinna (“to move quickly, run; of liquid: to flow, run; to melt”), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?er- (“to move, stir; to rise, spring”); or
• a back-formation from yearning (“(Scotland, archaic) rennet; calf (or other animal’s) stomach used to make rennet”).

Verb

yearn (third-person singular simple present yearns, present participle yearning, simple past and past participle yearned)

1. (Northern England, Scotland, intransitive)
   1. Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process.

      Synonyms: (obsolete or regional) earn, run

   2. Of cheese: to be made from curdled milk.
2. (Northern England, Scotland, transitive)
   1. To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
   2. To make (cheese) from curdled milk.

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References

Anagrams

• Aeryn, Arney, Neary, Neyra, Raney, Rayne, Yaren, aryne, rayne, renay, yarne

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?t/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /???t/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English shouten. Further origin uncertain. Possibly related to Middle English shooten (“to shoot (out)”) or from or akin to Old Norse skúta (“to chide, scold”), Old Norse skúti, skúta (“a taunt”). See also the second, rare sense of the verb scout (“to reject with contempt”).

Noun

shout (plural shouts)

1. A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, anger, or great effort.

2. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A round of drinks in a pub; the turn to pay the shot or scot; an act of paying for a round of drinks.
   • 1984, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, page 290,

     “I?ll get my wine though,” taking out her wallet.

     “No. This is my shout,” holding up his hand as though to ward her money off.

   • 2006, Lily Allen, Knock 'Em Out

     Cut to the pub on a lads night out,

     Man at the bar cos it was his shout

   • 2008, George Papaellinas, The Trip: An Odyssey, re.press, Australia, page 6,

     It was always my shout down the pub with Theo.

3. (Britain, Australia, slang) A call-out for an emergency services team.
   • 2017, Dave Boulter, London's Emergency Service Vehicles

     Yet another ambulance on a shout enters Parliament Square.

4. (informal) A greeting, name-check or other mention, for example on a radio or TV programme.

   Synonym: shout out

Translations

Verb

shout (third-person singular simple present shouts, present participle shouting, simple past and past participle shouted)

1. (intransitive) To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.
   • c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar, Act I, Scene II, 1797, George Steevens (editor), The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 7, page 15,

     They shouted thrice; what was the last cry for?
2. (transitive) To utter with a shout; to cry; to shout out

3. (colloquial) To pay for food, drink or entertainment for others.

   I?ll shout you all a drink.

   He?s shouting us all to the opening night of the play.

   • 1999, Peter Moore, The Wrong Way Home: London to Sydney the Hard Way, page 301,

     After shouting me a plate of noodles and limp vegetables, he helped me change money by introducing me to the stallholder who offered the best exchange rates.

   • 2003, Peter Watt, To Chase the Storm, Pan MacMillan Australia, unnumbered page,

     ‘I have not seen my cousin Patrick in years,’ Martin answered defensively. ‘I doubt that, considering the way our lives have gone, an officer of the King?s army would be shouting me a drink in Mr O?Riley?s pub these days. […] ’

   • 2005, George G. Spearing, Dances with Marmots: A Pacific Crest Trail Adventure, page 32,

     Anyhow, he obviously bore no grudge against Kiwis, for he shouted me a beer and opened another one for himself, punctuating the operation with a spectacular and resounding fart that by all the laws of physical science should have left his trousers flapping in smouldering shreds.

   • 2010, Ivan Dunn, The Legend of Beau Baxter, HarperCollins Publishers, New Zealand, unnumbered page,

     Truth is, I notice the other blokes who have been shouting me nodding among themselves and thinking they?d better get in the queue if I am buying. Not likely. I am out of there.

4. (Internet) To post a text message (for example, email) in upper case, regarded as the electronic messaging equivalent of oral shouting.

5. (transitive, obsolete) To treat with shouts or clamor.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hall to this entry?)

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:shout

Derived terms

• shoutbox
• shout down
• shout from the rooftops
• shouting match
• shout out

Translations

See also

• yell
• scream

Etymology 2

Noun

shout (plural shouts)

1. (Britain, dialect) A light flat-bottomed boat used in duck-shooting.

Anagrams

• Houts, Huots, South, houts, south, thous