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Backlash vs Clamor - What's the difference?

backlash | clamor |

As nouns the difference between backlash and clamor

is that backlash is a sudden backward motion while clamor is a great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.

As verbs the difference between backlash and clamor

is that backlash is to cause or set off a backlash while clamor is to cry out and/or demand.

backlash

English

Noun

(es)
  • A sudden backward motion.
  • A reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
  • The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.
  • (mechanics) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear.
  • The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
  • Verb

  • To cause or set off a backlash.
  • (en)

    clamor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * clamour (UK English)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
  • Any loud and continued noise.
  • A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.
  • Synonyms

    * (great outcry) outcry, tumult

    Derived terms

    * clamorous * clamorously * clamorousness

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cry out and/or demand.
  • ''Anyone who tastes our food seems to clamor for more.
  • To demand by outcry.
  • ''Thousands of demonstrators clamoring the government's resignation were literally deafening, yet their cries fell in deaf ears
  • * 2013 September 28, , " London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
  • The distinctness of London has led many to clamor for the capital to pursue its own policies, especially on immigration. The British prime minister, David Cameron, is a Conservative. So is the mayor of London, Boris Johnson. But they have diametrically opposed views on immigration.
  • To become noisy insistently.
  • ''After a confused murmur the audience soon clamored
  • To influence by outcry.
  • ''His many supporters successfully clamor his election without a formal vote
  • (obsolete) To silence.
  • Synonyms

    * (to cry out) din

    Anagrams

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