ball vs bawl

ball

Definitions

noun

  1. United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)

Examples

The ball rebounded from/off the wall into the pond.

Smith, who is also a director of Norwich City Football Club, said her CBE was a "very, very great honour".

‘In the absence of those assurances, we will have no choice but to ballot for industrial action,’ he said.

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bawl

Definitions

verb

  1. make a raucous noise
  2. shout loudly and without restraint
  3. cry loudly

Examples

A pox o’ your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!

She's stuck!" yelled, or as he himself would put it, "bawled," the Prophet.

He stalked over to the pup tent of the recreation tent orderly and bawled him out.

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