different between yelp vs groan

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.

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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.

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Anagrams

• Pyle

Middle English

Noun

yelp

1. Alternative form of ?elp

English

Etymology

From Middle English gronen, from Old English gr?nian (“to groan; lament; murmur”), from Proto-West Germanic *gr?nan, from Proto-Germanic *grain?n? (“to howl; weep”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?nan? (“to whine; howl; whimper”).

Cognate with Dutch grijnen, grienen (“to cry; sob; blubber”), German Low German grienen (“to whimper; mewl”), German greinen (“to whine; whimper”), Swedish grina (“to howl; weep; laugh”).

The noun is from Middle English gron, grone, from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????n/
• (General American) enPR: ?gr?n, IPA^(key): /??o?n/
• Homophone: grown
• Rhymes: -??n

Noun

groan (plural groans)

1. A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
2. A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration, disapproval, or ecstasy.
3. Of an object: a low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight.

Alternative forms

• groane (obsolete)

Translations

Verb

groan (third-person singular simple present groans, present participle groaning, simple past and past participle groaned)

1. To make a groan.
2. (obsolete) To strive after earnestly, as if with groans.

   • Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, / Or that which groaneth to be so.

Alternative forms

• groane (obsolete)

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Anagrams

• Angor, Garon, Goran, Grano, Ongar, Ragon, Rogan, Ronga, angor, argon, nagor, orang, organ, rag on, rango