Difference between Scream and Screeching

What is the difference between Scream and Screeching?

Scream as a verb is to make the sound of a scream. while Screeching as a verb is to make such a sound.

Scream

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, usually horror, fear, excitement et cetera. Can be the exclamation of a word, but is usually a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound, particularly /æ/ or /i/, in any case, the loudest and most emphatic sound a human can make tends to be a scream. The term is not generally applied to sounds made by non-humans. An entertaingly outrageous person. A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer. A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make the sound of a scream. To move quickly; to race.

Example sentence: I'm going to scream this from the mountain top, there's no such thing as 'a curry.' There's six kazillion different kinds of curry. When someone asks how to make chicken curry, I have to ask 'Which one?'

Screeching

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make such a sound.

We hope you now know whether to use Scream or Screeching in your sentence.

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