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Holler vs. Hollow — What's the Difference?

Holler vs. Hollow — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Holler and Hollow

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Holler

Give a loud shout or cry
He hollers when he wants feeding
‘I can't get down,’ she hollered

Hollow

Having a cavity, gap, or space within
A hollow wall.

Holler

A loud cry or shout
The audience responded with whoops and hollers

Hollow

Deeply indented or concave; sunken
"His bearded face already has a set, hollow look" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).

Holler

To yell or shout.
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Hollow

Without substance or character
A hollow person.

Holler

(Informal) To complain.

Hollow

Devoid of truth or validity; specious
"Theirs is at best a hollow form of flattery" (Annalyn Swan).

Holler

To shout out (words or phrases).

Hollow

Having a reverberating, sepulchral sound
Hollow footsteps.

Holler

A yell or shout; a call.

Hollow

A cavity, gap, or space
A hollow behind a wall.

Holler

(Informal) A complaint or gripe.

Hollow

An indented or concave surface or area.

Holler

Variant of hollow.

Hollow

A void; an emptiness
A hollow in one's life.

Holler

A yell, shout.
I heard a holler from over the fence.

Hollow

A small valley between hills or mountains.

Holler

Any communication to get somebody's attention.
If you need anything, just give me a holler.

Hollow

To make hollow
Hollow out a pumpkin.

Holler

(music) A field holler.

Hollow

To scoop or form by making concave
Hollow out a nest in the sand.

Holler

Alternative form of hollow.

Hollow

To become hollow or empty.

Holler

(intransitive) To yell or shout.
You can holler at your computer as much as you want, but it won't help anything.

Hollow

A small valley between mountains.
He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.

Holler

(transitive) To call out one or more words

Hollow

A sunken area or unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
The hollow of the hand or of a tree

Holler

To complain, gripe

Hollow

(figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.
A hollow in the pit of one’s stomach

Holler

Alternative form of hollow.
The holler tree

Hollow

(US) A sunken area.

Holler

A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal);
His bellow filled the hallway

Hollow

(transitive) to make a hole in something; to excavate

Holler

A small valley between mountains;
He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians

Hollow

To call or urge by shouting; to hollo.

Holler

Shout out;
He hollered out to surrender our weapons

Hollow

(of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
A hollow tree; a hollow sphere

Holler

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

Hollow

(of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
He let out a hollow moan.

Holler

Complain;
What was he hollering about?

Hollow

(figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
A hollow victory

Hollow

(figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
A hollow promise

Hollow

Concave; gaunt; sunken.

Hollow

(gymnastics) Pertaining to hollow body position

Hollow

(colloquial) Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.

Hollow

Alternative form of hollo

Hollow

Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere.
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it.

Hollow

Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
With hollow eye and wrinkled brow.

Hollow

Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar.

Hollow

Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend.

Hollow

A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree.

Hollow

A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.
Forests grewUpon the barren hollows.
I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood.

Hollow

To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate.

Hollow

To shout; to hollo.
Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear.

Hollow

To urge or call by shouting.
He has hollowed the hounds.

Hollow

Hollo.

Hollow

A cavity or space in something;
Hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks

Hollow

A small valley between mountains;
He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians

Hollow

A depression hollowed out of solid matter

Hollow

Remove the inner part or the core of;
The mining company wants to excavate the hillsite

Hollow

Remove the interior of;
Hollow out a tree trunk

Hollow

Not solid; having a space or gap or cavity;
A hollow wall
A hollow tree
Hollow cheeks
His face became gaunter and more hollow with each year

Hollow

Deliberately deceptive;
Hollow (or false) promises
False pretenses

Hollow

As if echoing in a hollow space;
The hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom

Hollow

Devoid of significance or point;
Empty promises
A hollow victory
Vacuous comments

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