Call vs. Cry — What's the Difference?
By Tayyaba Rehman & Urooj Arif — Updated on April 29, 2024
"Call" often refers to verbally requesting or summoning, while "cry" suggests vocal expression of emotion, especially distress or pain.
Difference Between Call and Cry
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Key Differences
"Call" typically involves deliberately using one's voice to attract attention or communicate a message, often with a specific intent or request in mind. On the other hand, "cry" is generally an involuntary response to emotions, signifying distress, sadness, or joy.
While a call can be strategic and controlled, aimed at achieving a particular outcome (like calling someone’s name to get their attention), a cry is usually spontaneous and driven by overwhelming feelings.
A call can also be made using devices like telephones, thereby extending its use to technology-driven communication, whereas a cry is exclusively a human vocal expression tied directly to emotions or physical sensations.
In nature, animals use calls as part of their communication systems, which can include mating calls or territorial warnings. Conversely, cries in the animal kingdom are primarily associated with distress signals or reactions to immediate threats.
In social contexts, a call can be a way to gather individuals or initiate action (such as a call to arms or a call for help), whereas a cry often serves as an emotional release and a signal of one's need for help or comfort.
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Comparison Chart
Definition
A verbal request or summon
A vocal expression of emotion
Volition
Often voluntary and controlled
Usually involuntary and spontaneous
Usage in Technology
Can be transmitted via devices
Exclusively human vocalization
Usage in Nature
Includes animal communication signals
Primarily signals distress or pain
Social Function
To initiate action or gather people
To express and elicit emotional response
Compare with Definitions
Call
A visit or short journey.
He decided to make a call to his aunt's house.
Cry
To shed tears as a response to emotions.
She began to cry after hearing the sad news.
Call
To shout out in order to gain attention.
She called out his name as he walked away.
Cry
To demand or plead strongly.
The protest was a cry for justice.
Call
A request or command to come or gather.
He made a call to his friends to meet at the park.
Cry
An exclamation of a particular emotion.
A cry of joy erupted from the crowd.
Call
A telecommunication or Internet-based conversation.
They scheduled a call for tomorrow to discuss the project.
Cry
To shout or scream, especially to express fear or pain.
He cried out in pain after tripping over.
Call
An animal vocalization with a specific communicative intent.
The bird’s call was clear and melodious.
Cry
A loud utterance of other animals expressing distress.
The fox's cry could be heard at night.
Call
To say in a loud voice; announce
Called my name from across the street.
Calling out numbers.
Cry
Shed tears, typically as an expression of distress, pain, or sorrow
Don't cry—it'll be all right
You'll cry tears of joy
Call
To demand or ask for the presence of
Called the children to dinner.
Call the police.
Cry
Shout or scream, typically to express fear, pain, or grief
The little girl fell down and cried for mummy
Call
To demand or ask for a meeting of; convene or convoke
Call the legislature into session.
Cry
(of a bird or other animal) make a loud characteristic call
The wild birds cried out over the water
Call
To order or request to undertake a particular activity or work; summon
She was called for jury duty. He was called to the priesthood.
Cry
A loud inarticulate shout or scream expressing a powerful feeling or emotion
A cry of despair
Call
To give the command for; order
Call a work stoppage.
Cry
The loud characteristic call of a bird or other animal
The harsh cries of magpies
Call
To communicate or try to communicate with by telephone
Called me at nine.
Cry
A pack of hounds
He kept a cry of hounds to hunt in the wilderness
Call
To dial (a telephone number)
Call 911 for help.
Cry
To shed tears, especially as a result of strong emotion such as grief, sorrow, pain, or joy.
Call
To lure (prey) by imitating the characteristic cry of an animal
Call ducks.
Cry
To call loudly; shout.
Call
To cause to come to the mind or to attention
A story that calls to mind an incident in my youth.
Cry
To utter a characteristic sound or call. Used of an animal.
Call
To name
What will you call the baby?.
Cry
To demand or require immediate action or remedy
Grievances crying out for redress.
Call
To consider or regard as being of a particular type or kind; characterize
Let's call the game a draw. I'd hardly call him a good manager.
Cry
To utter loudly; call out.
Call
To designate; label
Nobody calls me a liar.
Cry
To proclaim or announce in public
Crying one's wares in the marketplace.
Call
To demand payment of
Call a loan.
Cry
To bring into a particular condition by weeping
Cry oneself to sleep.
Call
To require the presentation of (a bond) for redemption before maturity.
Cry
(Archaic) To beg for; implore
Cry forgiveness.
Call
To force the sale of (a stock or commodity) by exercising a call option.
Cry
A loud utterance of an emotion, such as fear, anger, or despair.
Call
To stop or postpone (a game) because of bad weather, darkness, or other adverse conditions.
Cry
A loud exclamation; a shout or call.
Call
To declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
Call a runner out.
Call a penalty for holding.
Cry
A fit of weeping
Had a good long cry.
Call
To indicate a decision in regard to
Calling balls and strikes.
Called a close play at home plate.
Cry
An urgent entreaty or appeal.
Call
To give the orders or signals for
A quarterback who called a poor play.
Cry
A public or general demand or complaint.
Call
To describe the intended outcome of (one's billiard shot) before playing.
Cry
A common view or general report.
Call
In poker, to place a bet equal to (the preceding bet or bettor).
Cry
An advertising of wares by calling out
Vendors' cries at the fish market.
Call
To indicate or characterize accurately in advance; predict
It is often difficult to call the outcome of an election.
Cry
A rallying call or signal
A cry to arms.
Call
To challenge the truthfulness or genuineness of
Called the debater on a question of fact.
Cry
A slogan, especially a political one.
Call
To shout directions in rhythm for (a square dance).
Cry
The characteristic call or utterance of an animal.
Call
To speak loudly; shout
A swimmer who was calling for help.
Cry
The baying of hounds during the chase.
Call
To utter a characteristic cry. Used of an animal
Geese calling in the early morning.
Cry
A pack of hounds.
Call
To communicate or try to communicate with someone by telephone
I called twice, but no one answered.
Cry
(Obsolete) Clamor; outcry.
Call
To pay a short visit
We called to pay our respects. He called on the neighbors but they weren't home.
Cry
(Obsolete) A public announcement; a proclamation.
Call
(Games) In poker, to place a bet equal to the preceding bet.
Cry
(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep.
That sad movie always makes me cry.
Call
A loud cry; a shout.
Cry
(transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
Call
The characteristic cry of an animal.
Cry
(ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
Call
A sound or an instrument made to imitate such a cry, used as a lure
A moose call.
Cry
(intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
Call
A telephone communication or connection.
Cry
(transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
Tonight I’ll cry myself to sleep.
Call
Need or occasion
There was no call for an apology.
Cry
To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, auctioned, etc.
To cry goods
Call
Demand
There isn't much call for buggy whips today.
Cry
Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
Call
A claim on a person's time or life
The call of duty.
Cry
A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry.
Call
A short visit, especially one made as a formality or for business or professional purposes.
Cry
A shout or scream.
I heard a cry from afar.
Call
A summons or invitation.
Cry
Words shouted or screamed.
A battle cry
Call
A signal, such as that made by a horn or bell.
Cry
A clamour or outcry.
Call
The sounding of a horn to encourage hounds during a hunt.
Cry
(collectively) A group of hounds.
Call
A strong inner urge or prompting; a vocation
A call to the priesthood.
Cry
A pack or company of people.
Call
The strong attraction or appeal of a given activity or environment
The call of the wild.
Answered the call of the desert.
Cry
(of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
"Woof" is the cry of a dog, while "neigh" is the cry of a horse.
Call
A roll call.
Cry
A desperate or urgent request.
Call
A notice of rehearsal times posted in a theater.
Cry
(obsolete) Common report; gossip.
Call
A decision made by an umpire or referee.
Cry
To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.
And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice.
Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice.
Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee.
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord.
Some cried after him to return.
Call
An announced description of a game or race, as by a sportscaster.
Cry
To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.
Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart.
I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's apparel and to cry like a woman.
Call
A direction or series of directions rhythmically called out to square dancers.
Cry
To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
The young ravens which cry.
In a cowslip's bell I lieThere I couch when owls do cry.
Call
A demand for payment of a debt.
Cry
To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.
All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I 'll speak.
The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life!
Call
A demand to submit bonds to the issuer for redemption before the maturity date.
Cry
To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.
Call
An option to buy a certain quantity of a stock or commodity for a specified price within a specified time.
Cry
To make oral and public proclamation of; to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc.
Love is lost, and thus she cries him.
Call
A demand for payment due on stock bought on margin when the value has shrunk.
Cry
To publish the banns of, as for marriage.
I should not be surprised if they were cried in church next Sabbath.
Men of dissolute lives cry down religion, because they would not be under the restraints of it.
Call
A telephone conversation; a phone call.
I received several phone calls today.
I received several calls today.
Cry
A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.
Call
An instance of calling someone on the telephone.
I made a call to Jim, but he didn't answer.
Cry
Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.
Again that cry was found to have been as unreasonable as ever.
Call
A short visit, usually for social purposes.
I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.
Cry
Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.
There shall be a great cry throughout all the land.
An infant crying in the night,An infant crying for the light;And with no language but a cry.
Call
(nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
The ship made a call at Southampton.
Cry
Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.
The cry went once on thee.
Call
A cry or shout.
He heard a call from the other side of the room.
Cry
Importunate supplication.
O, the most piteous cry of the poor souls.
Call
A decision or judgement.
That was a good call.
Cry
Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.
The street cries of London.
Call
The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.
Cry
Common report; fame.
The cry goes that you shall marry her.
Call
A beckoning or summoning.
I had to yield to the call of the wild.
Cry
A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.
All now depends upon a good cry.
Call
The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
The Prime Minister has the call.
I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business.
Cry
A pack of hounds.
A cry more tunableWas never hollaed to, nor cheered with horn.
Call
(finance) call option
Cry
A pack or company of persons; - in contempt.
Would not this . . . get me a fellowship in a cry of players?
Call
(cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
Cry
The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.
Call
(cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
Cry
A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition;
The speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
Call
(uncountable) A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call.
Cry
A loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate);
A cry of rage
A yell of pain
Call
(computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
Cry
A slogan used to rally support for a cause;
A cry to arms
Our watchword will be `democracy'
Call
A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9.
Cry
A fit of weeping;
Had a good cry
Call
(poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
Cry
The characteristic utterance of an animal;
Animal cries filled the night
Call
A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
Cry
Utter a sudden loud cry;
She cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle
I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me
Call
(nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
Cry
Shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain;
She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death
The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs
Call
A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
Cry
Utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy;
`I won!' he exclaimed
`Help!' she cried
`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost
Call
An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
Cry
Proclaim or announce in public;
Before we had newspapers, a town cryer would cry the news
He cried his merchandise in the market square
Call
(archaic) Vocation; employment; calling.
Cry
Demand immediate action;
This situation is crying for attention
Call
A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
Cry
Utter a characteristic sound;
The cat was crying
Call
(law) A lawyer who was called to the bar (became licensed as a lawyer) in a specified year.
Cry
Bring into a particular state by crying;
The little boy cried himself to sleep
Call
(in negative constructions) Need; necessity.
There's no call for that kind of bad language!
Call
To use one's voice.
Call
(intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
That person is hurt; call for help!
Call
(intransitive) To cry or shout.
Call
(transitive) To utter in a loud or distinct voice.
To call the roll of a military company
Call
(ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.
Why don’t you call me in the morning?
Why don’t you call tomorrow?
Call
(transitive) To declare in advance.
The captains call the coin toss.
Call
To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
Call
To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.
After the third massive failure, John called the whole initiative.
Call
To request that one's band play (a particular tune).
Call
To visit.
Call
To pay a (social) visit often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again.
We could always call on a friend.
The engineer called round whilst you were away.
Call
To stop at a station or port.
This train calls at Reading, Slough and London Paddington.
Our cruise ship called at Bristol Harbour.
Call
To come to pass; to afflict.
Call
To name, identify or describe.
Call
(ditransitive) To name or refer to.
Why don’t we dispense with the formalities. Please call me Al.
Call
(in passive) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.
I’m called John.
A very tall building is called a skyscraper.
Call
(transitive) To predict.
He called twelve of the last three recessions.
Call
To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
They call the distance ten miles.
That's enough work. Let's call it a day and go home.
Call
(transitive) To formally recognise a death: especially to announce and record the time, place and fact of a person’s death.
Call
(transitive) To claim the existence of some malfeasance; to denounce as.
I call bullshit.
She called foul on their scheme.
Call
(obsolete) To disclose the class or character of; to identify.
Call
Direct or indirect use of the voice.
Call
(cricket) (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
Call
(of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).
Call
To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.
I bet $800 and Jane raised to $1600. My options: call (match her $1600 bet), reraise or fold.
Call
To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)
I’ll call your 300, and raise to 600!
Call
(transitive) To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
My partner called two spades.
Call
To require, demand.
He felt called to help the old man.
Call
To cause to be verbally subjected to.
The basis for his conclusion was called into doubt
Call
To lay claim to an object or role which is up for grabs.
I call the comfy chair!
Call
To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
Call
To demand repayment of a loan.
Call
To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
A recursive function is one that calls itself.
Call
(Yorkshire) To scold.
Call
(sports) To make a decision as a referee or umpire.
The goal was called offside.
Call
(cue sports) To tell in advance which shot one is attempting.
Every shot must be called.
Call
To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain
Call
To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; - often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church.
Paul . . . called to be an apostle
The Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Call
To invite or command to meet; to convoke; - often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen.
Now call we our high court of Parliament.
Call
To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.
If you would but call me Rosalind.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
Call
To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate.
What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
Call
To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work.
[The] army is called seven hundred thousand men.
Call
To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of.
This speech calls him Spaniard.
Call
To utter in a loud or distinct voice; - often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company.
No parish clerk who calls the psalm so clear.
Call
To invoke; to appeal to.
I call God for a witness.
Call
To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
If thou canst awake by four o' the clock.I prithee call me. Sleep hath seized me wholly.
Call
To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; - sometimes with to.
You must call to the nurse.
The angel of God called to Hagar.
Call
To make a demand, requirement, or request.
They called for rooms, and he showed them one.
Call
To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders.
He ordered her to call at the house once a week.
Call
The act of calling; - usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call.
I rose as at thy call, but found thee not.
Call
A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty.
Call
An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
Call
A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal.
Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity.
Running into danger without any call of duty.
Call
A divine vocation or summons.
St. Paul himself believed he did well, and that he had a call to it, when he persecuted the Christians.
Call
Vocation; employment.
Call
A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.
The baker's punctual call.
Call
A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.
Call
A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty.
Call
The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.
Call
A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
Call
The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on.
Call
See Assessment, 4.
Call
A telephone connection;
She reported several anonymous calls
He placed a phone call to London
He heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call
Call
A special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course;
He was disappointed that he had not heard the Call
Call
A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition;
The speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
Call
A demand especially in the phrase
The call of duty
Call
The characteristic sound produced by a bird;
A bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age
Call
A brief social visit;
Senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers
Call
A demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
Call
A demand for a show of hands in a card game;
After two raises there was a call
Call
A request;
Many calls for Christmas stories
Not many calls for buggywhips
Call
An instruction that interrupts the program being executed;
Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed
Call
Brief visit in an official or professional capacity;
The pastor's visits to his parishioners
A visit to a dentist
The salesman's call on a customer
Call
(sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee;
He was ejected for protesting the call
Call
The option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
Call
Assign a specified, proper name to;
They named their son David
The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader
Call
Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone;
I tried to call you all night
Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
Call
Ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality;
He called me a bastard
She called her children lazy and ungrateful
Call
Order, request, or command to come;
She was called into the director's office
Call the police!
Call
Utter a sudden loud cry;
She cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle
I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me
Call
Pay a brief visit;
The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens
Call
Call a meeting; invite or command to meet;
The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'
The new dean calls meetings every week
Call
Order or request or give a command for;
The unions called a general strike for Sunday
Call
Order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role;
He was already called 4 times for jury duty
They called him to active military duty
Call
Indicate a decision in regard to;
Call balls and strikes behind the plate
Call
Stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather;
Call a football game
Call
Read aloud to check for omissions or absentees;
Call roll
Call
Send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message;
Hawaii is calling!
A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling
Call
Declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee;
Call a runner out
Call
Utter a characteristic note or cry;
Bluejays called to one another
Call
Utter in a loud voice or announce;
He called my name
The auctioneer called the bids
Call
Make a prediction about; tell in advance;
Call the outcome of an election
Call
Challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense;
He deserves to be called on that
Call
Consider or regard as being;
I would not call her beautiful
Call
Demand payment of (a loan);
Call a loan
Call
Give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
Call
Greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name;
He always addresses me with `Sir'
Call me Mister
She calls him by first name
Call
Make a stop in a harbour;
The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow
Call
Make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands;
He called his trump
Call
Require the presentation of for redemption before maturation;
Call a bond
Call
Lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal;
Call ducks
Call
Challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of;
Call the speaker on a question of fact
Call
Rouse somebody from sleep with a call;
I was called at 5 A.M. this morning
Common Curiosities
What are some synonyms for "call" and "cry"?
Synonyms for "call" include summon, beckon, or contact, while synonyms for "cry" include weep, shout, or wail.
Can "call" and "cry" be used interchangeably in any context?
No, "call" and "cry" are not interchangeable due to their differing implications: "call" implies a request or summon, while "cry" implies emotional expression.
Are there idiomatic expressions associated with "call" or "cry"?
Yes, idiomatic expressions include "a close call" (narrow escape) and "a far cry" (very different from), reflecting broader metaphorical uses.
How do animals use calls and cries differently?
Animals use calls for various communications like mating or claiming territory, while cries are typically for expressing distress.
What is the typical volume of a call compared to a cry?
A call can vary in volume based on context, but is often moderate; a cry is typically loud as it aims to express urgent emotions.
Can both "call" and "cry" be used in emergency situations?
Yes, both can be used in emergencies; "call" for help, and "cry" out in pain or fear.
How do children use the term "cry" differently from youngs?
Children often use "cry" in a literal sense, mainly to describe weeping, whereas youngs may use it metaphorically, such as crying out for help or justice.
What technological developments utilize the concept of a call?
Developments in telecommunications, such as phones and internet calling services, utilize the concept of a call for communication.
What is the primary emotional context of a call versus a cry?
A call is usually devoid of emotional content, focusing on communication, whereas a cry is deeply rooted in expressing feelings.
Is crying always associated with sadness?
No, crying can also be an expression of joy, relief, or overwhelming emotion, not just sadness.
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