What's the difference between neigh and whinny?

Neigh


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To utter the cry of the horse; to whinny.
  • (v. i.) To scoff or sneer; to jeer.
  • (n.) The cry of a horse; a whinny.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) What seemed at first a whoa-ful tale to be reined in, has now become a bit of a mare, neigh an un-fetlocked disaster, as it gallops into one of the week's mane stories.
  • (2) It's neigh laughing matter Because … Much of the country is unwilling or unable to take this unpalatable equine exposé seriously.
  • (3) Vocalizing (neighing) and walking occurred more often before than after feeding, while eating bedding and engaging in other oral behaviors were more frequent after feeding.
  • (4) A colliquative Stratified tuberculoma and some lesions of caseated bronchitis and peribronchitis were found in the neigh bourhood.

Whinny


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.
  • (n.) The ordinary cry or call of a horse; a neigh.
  • (a.) Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Call me a boring old class war moo, but I've watched several episodes of Made In Chelsea and at no point has Fenella Flumpinton-Ding-Dong's mother pointed her towards prostitution, whinnying, "Go on darling, get your pants off, help us out."
  • (2) Bird's character, the sane one, is plopped into the middle of this queer ensemble to whinny and writhe.
  • (3) So stop pretending to be all excited about them now, you whinnying berk.
  • (4) When confronted by their mirror images, two animals increased their number of vocalizations, which included "whinny" sounds, barks, buzzing, and varying patterns of click trains.
  • (5) He had little to offer to the fast-maturing sound film, but he bawled and whinnied for a while over the equally adolescent radio networks.

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