What's the difference between girn and gowl?

Girn


Definition:

  • (n.) To grin.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Girns declined over time when infants were united with the male.
  • (2) Infants girned more when with mothers or the male than when alone.
  • (3) Girns were given to both mothers and males, but more were given to mothers.
  • (4) Coos and girns are both affiliative vocalizations but are differentially modulated as infants cease cooing when they receive contact comfort.

Gowl


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To howl.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A survey of American executives by law firm Gowling WLG indicates almost 40% of them are considering moving their British office to the EU, and two-thirds of the 533 US companies surveyed say the Brexit referendum was already having an effect on investment choices.
  • (2) Antibodies were associated with immunoglobulin classes by density gradient centrifugation and utilization of specific antisera to gowl immunoglobulins in indirect immunofluorescence.

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