The characteristic of a sound which distinguishes a shrill sound from a hoarse one is called_______.

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Pitch is defined as the shrillness of sound.
The more the shrillness higher will be the frequency of sound.
The sound of women has more shrillness than that of men.
Hence, the characteristic of a sound that distinguishes a shrill sound from a hoarse one is called Pitch.

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