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Hi! What is the difference between wailing, sobbing and weeping? Thank you
25 mrt. 2020 22:42
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The basic word is "crying." They describe different ways of crying.
"Weeping" emphasizes tears. Tears are drops, almost like water, from the corners of the eyes. "Weeping" is not a sound; a person can weep silently.
"Sobbing" emphasizes the sound made by the chest. The chest heaves. There's a repeated, low-pitched grunting or groaning. There is a gasping sound. Oddly, it sounds a little bit like a belly-laugh.
"Wailing" emphasizes high-pitched sounds from the throat, almost like screaming.
26 maart 2020
they all mean crying. Wailing is crying/ mourning loudly - perhaps even making more noise than tears. Sobbing is crying profusely. Weeping is a close synonym for crying, one might weep silently. I would use wailing to convey a lot of noise. Sobbing and weeping are very close, buy sobbing is more profuse than weeping.
26 maart 2020
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