Call
Call verb - To utter one's distinctive animal sound.
Usage example: the dog called whenever it flushed a quail
Sing
Sing verb - To utter one's distinctive animal sound.
Usage example: I can hear a bird singing in the distance
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Synonyms for Sing
Call and sing are semantically related in call out topic. Sometimes you can use "Call" instead a verb "Sing".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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I don't call him "chorus boy" because he can sing, I call him "chorus boy" because it's offensive.
Source: Western Animation / The Awesomes -
Godzilla series reference in the anime In the RPG dream there are two tiny twin Mutsumis who sing to call out a giant Tama in the same way the twins who sing to call Mothra from the Godzilla and its spinoff films.
Source: Manga / Love Hina - They will either sing alternating lines, or one will predominate while the other performs a counterpoint to the first's melodic line, sometimes in a format similar to traditional call-and-response.
Source: Soprano and Gravel
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