Screen vs. Scream — What's the Difference?

A movable device, especially a framed construction such as a room divider or a decorative panel, designed to divide, conceal, or protect.

To utter a long loud piercing cry, as from pain or fear.

One that serves to protect, conceal, or divide

To make a loud piercing sound

A surface, as on a smartphone, television, or computer monitor, on which one can read and view electronically displayed information and images.

To speak or write in an excited or fearful manner.

A surface on which text and images are projected for display.

To have or produce a startling effect

The medium in which movies are shown

To utter or say in a screaming voice or in an excited or fearful manner

A coarse sieve used for sifting out fine particles, as of sand, gravel, or coal.

A long, loud, piercing cry or sound.

A system for preliminary appraisal and selection of personnel as to their suitability for particular jobs.

(Informal) One that is hilariously or ridiculously funny

A window or door insertion of framed wire or plastic mesh used to keep out insects and permit air flow.

A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound.

A body of troops or ships sent in advance of or surrounding a larger body to protect or warn of attack.

A loud vocalisation of many animals, especially in response to pain or fear.

(Sports) A block, set with the body, that impedes the vision or movement of an opponent.

(music) A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer.

(Football) A screen pass.

(informal) Used as an intensifier.

To show or project (a movie, for example) on a screen.

(printers' slang) An exclamation mark.

To conceal from view with a screen or something that acts like a screen

To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, shout outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.

To protect, guard, or shield

To move quickly; to race.

To provide with a screen or screens

(informal) To be very indicative of; clearly having the characteristics of.

To separate or sift out (fine particles of sand, for example) by means of a sieve or screen.

To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.

To sort through and eliminate unwanted examples of (something)

A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech.

To examine (a job applicant, for example) systematically in order to determine suitability.

Sharp piercing cry;

To test or evaluate (a student) to determine placement in an educational system or to identify specific learning needs.

A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry;

To test or examine for the presence of disease or infection

A joke that seems extremely funny

To subject to genetic screening.

Utter a sudden loud cry;

To block the vision or movement of (an opponent) with the body.

Utter or declare in a very loud voice;

To obscure an opponent's view of (a shot) by positioning oneself between the opponent and the shooter.

Make a loud, piercing sound;

A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.

A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.

A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.

(baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects

(printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.

(by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening

(genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.

Various forms or formats of information display

The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.

The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.

One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.

(computer) The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.

(figurative) A disguise; concealment.

Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player

(American football) screen pass

(basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.

(cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.

(nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.

(architecture) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.

A large scarf.

To filter by passing through a screen.

To shelter or conceal.

To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.

To present publicly (on the screen).

To fit with a screen.

(medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.

(molecular biology) To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.

(basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.

To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.

Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.

A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.

A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.

A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.

An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.

A netting, usu. of metal, contained in a frame, used mostly in windows or doors to allow in fresh air while excluding insects.

The surface of an electronic device, as a television set or computer monitor, on which a visible image is formed. The screen is frequently the surface of a cathode-ray tube containing phosphors excited by the electron beam, but other methods for causing an image to appear on the screen are also used, as in flat-panel displays.

The motion-picture industry; motion pictures.

To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.

To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.

To examine a group of objects methodically, to separate them into groups or to select one or more for some purpose.

A white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing

Something that keeps things out or hinders sight;

Display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which is electronically created

A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;

Protective covering consisting of a metallic netting mounted in a frame and covering windows or doors (especially for protection against insects)

A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

A door that is a screen to keep insects from entering a building through the open door;

Partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space

Test or examine for the presence of disease or infection;

Examine methodically;

Examine in order to test suitability;

Project onto a screen for viewing;

Prevent from entering;

Separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

Protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm