Yelp vs Gasp - What's the difference?
yelp | gasp |
An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail siren-sound.
To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.
A short, sudden intake of breath.
(British, slang): A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
To breathe laboriously or convulsively.
* Lloyd
To speak in a breathless manner.
To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
* Spenser
As nouns the difference between yelp and gasp
is that yelp is an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance while gasp is sigh, yawn; the act of sighing.As a verb yelp
is to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.yelp
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail.
Etymology 2
(etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- The children yelped with delight as they played in the cold water.
gasp
English
Noun
(en noun)- The audience gave a gasp of astonishment
- I'm popping out for a gasp .
Verb
(en verb)- The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
- We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
- She gasps and struggles hard for life.
- The old man gasped his last few words.
- I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
- Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.