Difference between Screech and Shriek

What is the difference between Screech and Shriek?

Screech as a verb is to make such a sound. while Shriek as a verb is to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.

Screech

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make such a sound.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface. A loud harsh sound resembling a human cry. Newfoundland rum. A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery.

Shriek

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

We hope you now know whether to use Screech or Shriek in your sentence.

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