Sigh vs. Moan — What's the Difference?

Emit a long, deep audible breath expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or similar

A long, low sound made by a person expressing physical or mental suffering or sexual pleasure

A long, deep audible exhalation expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or similar

A complaint which is perceived as trivial and not taken seriously by others

To exhale audibly in a long deep breath, as in weariness or relief.

Make a long, low sound expressing physical or mental suffering or sexual pleasure

To emit a similar sound

Complain or grumble, typically about something trivial

To feel longing or grief; yearn

A low, sustained, mournful cry, usually indicative of sorrow or pain.

To express with or as if with an audible exhalation.

A similar sound

(Archaic) To lament.

A complaint

The act or sound of sighing.

To utter a moan or moans.

(intransitive) To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.

To make a sound resembling a moan

(intransitive) To lament; to grieve.

To complain, lament, or grieve

(transitive) To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.

To bewail or bemoan

(intransitive) To make a sound like sighing.

To utter with moans or a moan.

(transitive) To exhale (the breath) in sighs.

A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure

(transitive) To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.

To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.

A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.

To grieve.

(figurative) a manifestation of grief; a lament.

(intransitive) To make a moan or similar sound.

(Cockney rhyming slang) A person who is bored.

(transitive) To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.

An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.

To complain; to grumble.

To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like.

To distress (someone); to sadden.

Hence, to lament; to grieve.

To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.

To make a sound like sighing.

To emit a sound like moan; - said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans.

To exhale (the breath) in sighs.

To bewail audibly; to lament.

To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.

To afflict; to distress.

To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.

A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan.

A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.

A low mournful or murmuring sound; - of things.

Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan ent.

An utterance expressing pain or disapproval

An utterance made by exhaling audibly

Indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure;

A sound like a person sighing;

Heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily;

Utter with a sigh