growl vs hearing

growl

noun
  • A similar sound made by a human. 

  • The rumbling sound made by a human's hungry stomach. 

  • An aggressive grumbling. 

  • A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal. 

  • A low-pitched rumbling sound produced with a wind instrument. 

verb
  • To play a wind instrument in a way that produces a low-pitched rumbling sound. 

  • To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound. 

  • Of a wind instrument: to produce a low-pitched rumbling sound. 

  • To send a user a message via the Growl software library. 

  • To express (something) by growling. 

hearing

noun
  • The sense used to perceive sound. 

  • A proceeding at which discussions are heard. 

  • The act by which something is heard. 

  • A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing. 

adj
  • Able to hear, as opposed to deaf. 

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