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Phillipic vs Cacophonous - What's the difference?

phillipic | cacophonous |

Phillipic is likely misspelled.


Phillipic has no English definition.

As an adjective cacophonous is

containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.

phillipic

Not English

Phillipic has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'phillipic':

philippic, polybasic, polyphasic, polyposic, philhippic

cacophonous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.
  • * 2006 , Everett True, Nirvana: The Biography , Da Capo Press (2007), ISBN 9780306815546, page 58:
    • The first time I saw the NYC quartet [Sonic Youth] was in 1983 for their Confusion Is Sex album, when they filled The Venue in Victoria, London with a cacophonous maelstrom of mangled sounds that still reverberates, more than two decades on.
  • * 2011 , Fern Michaels, To Taste the Wine , Kensington Books (2011), ISBN 9780758242747, page 153:
    • and the cacophonous clatter of pots and pans accompanied the vociferous complaints of the ship's cook.
  • * 2012 , Michael D. Breed & Janice Moore, Animal Behavior , Academic Press (2012), ISBN 9780123725813, page 199 (image caption):
    • A colony of pelicans can be cacophonous .

    Synonyms

    * inharmonious, unmusical, unmelodic

    Antonyms

    * harmonious, musical, euphonious

    Related terms

    * cacophony * cacophonic