Moan vs. Mourn — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Moan and Mourn
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Moan
A long, low sound made by a person expressing physical or mental suffering or sexual pleasure
She gave a low moan of despair
Mourn
To feel or express grief or sorrow.
Moan
A complaint which is perceived as trivial and not taken seriously by others
There were moans about the car's feeble ventilation
Mourn
To show grief for a death by conventional signs, as by wearing black clothes.
Moan
Make a long, low sound expressing physical or mental suffering or sexual pleasure
‘Help me,’ I moaned
Just then their patient moaned and opened his eyes
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Mourn
To make a low, indistinct, mournful sound. Used especially of a dove.
Moan
Complain or grumble, typically about something trivial
Passengers moaned about overcrowded coaches
My friend always moans that I never make her a cake
Mourn
To feel or express deep regret for
Mourned the wasted years.
Moan
A low, sustained, mournful cry, usually indicative of sorrow or pain.
Mourn
To grieve over (someone who has died).
Moan
A similar sound
The eerie moan of the night wind.
Mourn
To utter sorrowfully.
Moan
A complaint
His tiresome moans about his boss.
Mourn
(ambitransitive) To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
Moan
To utter a moan or moans.
Mourn
(transitive) To utter in a sorrowful manner.
Moan
To make a sound resembling a moan
A saxophone moaned in the background.
Mourn
(intransitive) To wear mourning.
Moan
To complain, lament, or grieve
An old man who still moans about his misspent youth.
Mourn
Sorrow, grief.
Moan
To bewail or bemoan
She moaned her misfortunes to anyone who would listen.
Mourn
A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.
Moan
To utter with moans or a moan.
Mourn
To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness.
Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Moan
A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure
Let out a deep moan
We heard the distant moan of a stag in pain.
Mourn
To wear the customary garb of a mourner.
We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood?
Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year.
Moan
To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.
Mourn
To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail.
As if he mourned his rival's ill success.
And looking over the hills, I mournThe darling who shall not return.
Moan
To grieve.
Mourn
To utter in a mournful manner or voice.
The lovelorn nightingaleNightly to thee her sad song mourneth well.
Moan
(intransitive) To make a moan or similar sound.
She moaned with pleasure and squirmed with delight from receiving oral sex.
Mourn
Feel sadness;
She is mourning her dead child
Moan
(transitive) To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.
‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned.
Mourn
Observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one
Moan
To complain; to grumble.
Moan
To distress (someone); to sadden.
Moan
To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.
Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans.
Let there bechance him pitiful mischances,To make him moan.
Moan
To emit a sound like moan; - said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans.
Moan
To bewail audibly; to lament.
Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moanMy dear Columbo, dead and gone.
Moan
To afflict; to distress.
Which infinitely moans me.
Moan
A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan.
Sullen moans, hollow groans.
Moan
A low mournful or murmuring sound; - of things.
Rippling waters made a pleasant moan.
Moan
An utterance expressing pain or disapproval
Moan
Indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure;
The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets
The ancient door soughed when opened
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