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Child are crying, child are weeping, child are sobbing



 
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Child are crying, child are weeping, child are sobbing #1 (permalink) Mon Feb 09, 2004 7:46 am   Child are crying, child are weeping, child are sobbing
 

Hi everybody! I don't get the difference between following expressipons
Child are crying, child are weeping, child are sobbing
Could you tell me?
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Cry, weep, sobb #2 (permalink) Mon Feb 09, 2004 9:43 am   Cry, weep, sobb
 

When a child cries it usually sheds tears and makes a loud sound, when it weeps it doesn't necessarily make a sound at all and when it sobs it cries uncontrollably and in convulsions.
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Cry, weep, sobb #3 (permalink) Mon Feb 09, 2004 10:56 am   Cry, weep, sobb
 

Hello Torsten, thank you for your help
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