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Aclang vs Clang - What's the difference?

aclang | clang |

As an adjective aclang

is clanging.

As a noun clang is

a loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.

As a verb clang is

to strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.

aclang

English

Adjective

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  • Clanging.
  • * 1953 , May Davies Martenet, Taw Jameson , Alfred A. Knopf (1953), page 143:
    • His rumpled clothes were streaked with soot from the day-coach of the Richmond train that could be heard now, bell aclang , grinding away from the southbound side of the depot.
  • * 2001 , Michael Lynch, The Casinghead Company , Authors Choice Press (2001), ISBN 0595177840, page 439:
    • This morning church bells were ringing too. Aclang all over the city and not to summon the faithful.
  • * 2006 , Alan Scherstuhl, " War's a Picnic", The Pitch , 29 June 2006:
    • Yes, under director Sidonie Garrett, this show is crisp in its action, plush in its pageantry, and all aclang with speeches and swordplay.
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    • clang

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.
  • Quality of tone.
  • The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
  • (psychology, psychiatry) A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • For much of this day, Mrs Y. wrote in her diary, covering page after page in a rapid scrawl full of paligraphic repetitions, puns, clangs, and violent, perseverative crossings-out

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.
  • * Prior
    • The fierce Caretes clanged their sounding arms.
  • To give out a clang; to resound.
  • * 1933 , Norvell Page, Wings of the Black Death
    • A cell door clanged metallically and Wentworth was flung inside. He tripped, collapsed upon the concrete floor.
  • * 1920 , Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence Chapter XXIX
    • The clanging and groaning of the train came nearer, and it staggered slowly into the station like a prey- laden monster into its lair.
  • * 1917 , Rose Wilder Lane, Henry Ford’s Own Story
    • Then the sparks flew from the anvil while the great hammer clanged on the metal, shaping it, and Henry begged to be allowed to try it