shrill vs surd

shrill

noun
  • A shrill sound. 

verb
  • To make a shrill noise. 

adj
  • Sharp or keen to the senses. 

  • Having a shrill voice. 

  • Fierce, loud, strident. 

  • High-pitched and piercing. 

surd

noun
  • A voiceless consonant. 

  • An irrational number, especially one expressed using the √ symbol. 

adj
  • unvoiced; voiceless 

  • Involving surds, or irrational numbers; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers. 

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