Difference between Cry and Call

What is the difference between Cry and Call?

Cry as a noun is a shedding of tears. while Call as a noun is a telephone conversation.

Cry

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A shedding of tears. A shout or scream. Words shouted or screamed. A group of hounds.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To shed tears; to weep. To shout, scream, yell.

Example sentence: I'm an emotional gangster. I cry once every month.

Call

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A telephone conversation.A social visit.A cry or shout.A decision or judgement.The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.A beckoning or summoning.An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.The act of calling to the other batsman.The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)An overnight duty in the hospital.The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the point.A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To request, summon, or beckon.To cry or shout.To contact by telephone.To pay a social visit.To name or refer to.(reflexively: to be called) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.(of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.(of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions.)To match or equal the amount of poker chips in the pot as the player that bet.(with an object preceded by the preposition for) To require, demand.To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.To demand repayment of a loan.To predict.To declare in advance.To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.

Example sentence: What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

We hope you now know whether to use Cry or Call in your sentence.

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