What's the difference between squeaker and squealer?

Squeaker


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, squeaks.
  • (n.) The Australian gray crow shrile (Strepera anaphonesis); -- so called from its note.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A toy squeaker held by the patient in the contralateral hand is used to monitor cerebral circulation during carotid endarterectomy.
  • (2) Hudler wasn't wrong: in the two nights leading up to the matinee squeaker, KC exploded for 22 runs, annihilating two pitchers you may be familiar with – Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer.
  • (3) Hopkins said he been looking for the cave squeaker for eight years.
  • (4) The Arthroleptis troglodytes , also known as the “cave squeaker” because of its preferred habitat, was discovered in 1962, but there were no reported sightings since then.
  • (5) She said a park management plan will be devised to protect the cave squeaker.
  • (6) I say yes, the Heat will win a squeaker, like 100-98.
  • (7) Rare 'cave squeaker' frog seen in Zimbabwe for first time in 55 years Read more In normal light the frog appears to have a dull, mottled browny-green skin with red dots, but under UV light it glows a bright fluorescent green.
  • (8) Laughing in front of a packed town hall in the New Hampshire small town of Peterborough, Romney said he was "fresh from his landslide victory" in Iowa before calling the result a "squeaker".

Squealer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, squeals.
  • (n.) The European swift.
  • (n.) The harlequin duck.
  • (n.) The American golden plover.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "He sounds just like Squealer in Orwell's Animal Farm," said hairyballs .

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