Siren vs. Whistle — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Siren and Whistle
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Siren
Greek Mythology One of a group of sea nymphs who by their sweet singing lured mariners to destruction on the rocks surrounding their island.
Whistle
A whistle is an instrument which produces sound from a stream of gas, most commonly air. It may be mouth-operated, or powered by air pressure, steam, or other means.
Siren
Siren A woman regarded as irresistibly alluring.
Whistle
To produce a clear musical sound by forcing air through the teeth or through an aperture formed by pursing the lips.
Siren
A device in which compressed air or steam is driven against a rotating perforated disk to create a loud, often wailing sound as a signal or warning.
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Whistle
To produce a clear, shrill, sharp musical sound by passing air over or through an opening
The tea kettle whistled on the stove.
Siren
An electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning
A police car siren.
Whistle
To produce a high-pitched sound when moving swiftly through the air
The stone whistled past my head.
Siren
Any of several slender aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae of eastern North America, having external gills, small forelimbs, and no hind limbs.
Whistle
To produce a high-pitched sound by the rapid movement of air through an opening or past an obstruction
Wind whistled through the cracks in the windows.
Siren
(Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
Whistle
To emit a shrill, sharp, high-pitched cry, as some birds and other animals.
Siren
One who sings sweetly and charms.
Whistle
To produce by whistling
Whistle a tune.
Siren
A dangerously seductive woman.
Whistle
To summon, signal, or direct by whistling
I whistled down a cab. The referee whistled that the play was dead.
Siren
(biology) A member of an order of mammals of Sirenia.
Whistle
(Sports) To signal a rule infraction committed by (a player).
Siren
(biology) A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all species subsumed under the family of Sirenidae.
Whistle
A small wind instrument for making whistling sounds by means of the breath.
Siren
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Hestina.
Whistle
A device for making whistling sounds by means of forced air or steam
A factory whistle.
Siren
A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device (first recorded 1879).
Whistle
A sound produced by a whistling device or by whistling through the lips.
Siren
(music) A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra (patented as Acme Siren in 1895).
Whistle
A whistling sound, as of an animal or projectile.
Siren
An instrument for demonstrating the laws of beats and combination tones.
Whistle
A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.
Siren
An astrophysical event that can be used for calculating cosmic distances.
Whistle
An act of whistling.
Siren
To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.
Whistle
A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.
Siren
Relating to or like a siren.
Whistle
Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
The whistle of the wind in the trees
Siren
One of three sea nymphs, - or, according to some writers, of two, - said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.
Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas;Their song is death, and makes destruction please.
Whistle
(Cockney rhyming slang) A suit (from whistle and flute).
Siren
An enticing, dangerous woman.
Whistle
(colloquial) The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.
Siren
Something which is insidious or deceptive.
Consumption is a siren.
Whistle
(ambitransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.
Never whistle at a funeral.
She was whistling a happy tune.
Siren
A mermaid.
Whistle
(ambitransitive) To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc.
The steam train whistled as it passed by.
Siren
Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidæ, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.
Whistle
(intransitive) To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
A bullet whistled past.
Siren
An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog.
Whistle
(transitive) To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
Siren
Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.
Whistle
To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or series of notes, from the mouth or beak, as birds.
The weary plowman leaves the task of day,And, trudging homeward, whistles on the way.
Siren
A sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived;
Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song
Whistle
To make a shrill sound with a wind or steam instrument, somewhat like that made with the lips; to blow a sharp, shrill tone.
Siren
A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
Whistle
To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air.
The wild winds whistle, and the billows roar.
Siren
A warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
Whistle
To form, utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or an air.
Siren
An acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning
Whistle
To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
He chanced to miss his dog; we stood still till he had whistled him up.
I 'ld whistle her off, and let her down the windTo prey at fortune.
Siren
Eel-like aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills
Whistle
A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a similar sound; the sound used by a sportsman in calling his dogs; the shrill note of a bird; as, the sharp whistle of a boy, or of a boatswain's pipe; the blackbird's mellow whistle.
Might we but hearThe folded flocks, penned in their wattled cotes, . . . Or whistle from the lodge.
The countryman could not forbear smiling, . . . and by that means lost his whistle.
They fear his whistle, and forsake the seas.
Whistle
The shrill sound made by wind passing among trees or through crevices, or that made by bullet, or the like, passing rapidly through the air; the shrill noise (much used as a signal, etc.) made by steam or gas escaping through a small orifice, or impinging against the edge of a metallic bell or cup.
Whistle
An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, produces a sound more or less like that made by one who whistles through the compressed lips; as, a child's whistle; a boatswain's whistle; a steam whistle (see Steam whistle, under Steam).
The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew.
Whistle
The mouth and throat; - so called as being the organs of whistling.
So was her jolly whistle well ywet.
Let's drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
Whistle
The sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
Whistle
The act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle;
The whistle signalled the end of the game
Whistle
Acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound
Whistle
An inexpensive fipple flute
Whistle
Make whistling sounds;
He lay there, snoring and whistling
Whistle
Move with, or as with, a whistling sound;
The bullets whistled past him
Whistle
Utter or express by whistling;
She whistled a melody
Whistle
Move, send, or bring as if by whistling;
Her optimism whistled away these worries
Whistle
Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound;
The kettle was singing
The bullet sang past his ear
Whistle
Give a signal by whistling;
She whistled for her maid
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