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Alarm vs Nonalarm - What's the difference?

alarm | nonalarm |

As a noun alarm

is alert, alarm.

As an adjective nonalarm is

not of or pertaining to an alarm.

alarm

English

Alternative forms

* alarum

Noun

  • A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
    • ''Arming to answer in a night alarm . --Shakespeare.
  • Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
    • ''Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. --Joel ii. 1.
  • A sudden attack; disturbance.
  • * Shakespeare
    • these home alarms
  • * Alexander Pope
    • thy palace fill with insults and alarms
  • Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
    • ''Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp. --.
  • A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
    • ''The clockradio is a friendlier version of the cold alarm by the bedside
  • An instance of an alarum ringing or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
    • ''You should set the alarm on your watch to go off at seven o'clock.

    Related terms

    * alarm bell * alarm clock * alarm reaction * fire alarm * raise the alarm

    See also

    * tocsin

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To call to arms for defense
  • To give (someone) notice of approaching danger
  • To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
  • To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
  • To keep in excitement; to disturb.

    • Related terms

    * alarming * alarmist

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    nonalarm

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not of or pertaining to an alarm.
  • * 1986 , Robert W Mitchell, Nicholas S Thompson, Deception, perspectives on human and nonhuman deceit
    • The bird apparently realized that the alarm call was no longer appropriate and switched to the nonalarm call in mid-vocalization.
  • * 2005 , Mary Lynn Garcia, Vulnerability assessment of physical protection systems
    • Static systems always represent the secure condition by the same signal; during nonalarm states, the line supervision signal can be easily discovered...