Tear vs. Cry

Tearverb

(transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.

Tearverb

(transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.

Tearverb

(transitive) To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.

Tearverb

(transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.

Tearverb

To remove by tearing.

Tearverb

To demolish

Tearverb

(intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.

Tearverb

(intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.

Tearverb

(intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.

Tearverb

(intransitive) To produce tears.

Tearnoun

A hole or break caused by tearing.

Tearnoun

(slang) A rampage.

Tearnoun

A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.

Tearnoun

Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.

Tearnoun

(glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.

Tearnoun

That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.

Tearnoun

A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids.

Tearnoun

Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.

Tearnoun

That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.

Tearnoun

A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.

Tearnoun

The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.

Tearverb

To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.

Tearverb

Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.

Tearverb

To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home.

Tearverb

To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.

Tearverb

To move violently; to agitate.

Tearverb

To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.

Tearverb

To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.

Tearnoun

a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands;

Tearnoun

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;

Tearnoun

an occasion for excessive eating or drinking;

Tearnoun

the act of tearing;

Tearverb

separate or cause to separate abruptly;

Tearverb

to separate or be separated by force;

Tearverb

move quickly and violently;

Tearverb

strip of feathers;

Tearverb

fill with tears or shed tears;

Cryverb

(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep.

Cryverb

(transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.

Cryverb

(ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.

Cryverb

(intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.

Cryverb

(transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.

Cryverb

To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, etc.

Cryverb

Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.

Crynoun

A shedding of tears; the act of crying.

Crynoun

A shout or scream.

Crynoun

Words shouted or screamed.

Crynoun

(collectively) A group of hounds.

Crynoun

A pack or company of people.

Crynoun

(of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.

Crynoun

A desperate or urgent request.

Crynoun

(obsolete) Common report; gossip.

Cryverb

To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

Cryverb

To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.

Cryverb

To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.

Cryverb

To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.

Cryverb

To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.

Cryverb

To make oral and public proclamation of; to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc.

Cryverb

to publish the banns of, as for marriage.

Crynoun

A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.

Crynoun

Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.

Crynoun

Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.

Crynoun

Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.

Crynoun

Importunate supplication.

Crynoun

Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.

Crynoun

Common report; fame.

Crynoun

A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.

Crynoun

A pack of hounds.

Crynoun

A pack or company of persons; - in contempt.

Crynoun

The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.

Crynoun

a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition;

Crynoun

a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate);

Crynoun

a slogan used to rally support for a cause;

Crynoun

a fit of weeping;

Crynoun

the characteristic utterance of an animal;

Cryverb

utter a sudden loud cry;

Cryverb

shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain;

Cryverb

utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy;

Cryverb

proclaim or announce in public;

Cryverb

demand immediate action;

Cryverb

utter a characteristic sound;

Cryverb

bring into a particular state by crying;

Cryverb

shed tears, typically as an expression of distress, pain, or sorrow

Cryverb

shout or scream, typically to express fear, pain, or grief

Cryverb

say something loudly in an excited or anguished tone of voice

Cryverb

(of a street trader) shout out the name of (goods for sale)

Cryverb

(of a bird or other animal) make a loud characteristic call

Crynoun

a loud inarticulate shout or scream expressing a powerful feeling or emotion

Crynoun

a loud excited utterance of a word or words

Crynoun

the call of a street trader selling goods

Crynoun

an urgent appeal or entreaty

Crynoun

a demand or opinion expressed by many people

Crynoun

the loud characteristic call of a bird or other animal

Crynoun

a spell of shedding tears

Crynoun

a pack of hounds