Backlash vs Clamor - What's the difference?
backlash | clamor |
A sudden backward motion.
A reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
(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.
To cause or set off a backlash.
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.
To cry out and/or demand.
To demand by outcry.
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To become noisy insistently.
To influence by outcry.
(obsolete) To silence.
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)- The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.
Verb
- (en)
clamor
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Alternative forms
* clamour (UK English)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (great outcry) outcry, tumultDerived terms
* clamorous * clamorously * clamorousnessVerb
(en verb)- ''Anyone who tastes our food seems to clamor for more.
- ''Thousands of demonstrators clamoring the government's resignation were literally deafening, yet their cries fell in deaf ears
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.
- ''After a confused murmur the audience soon clamored
- ''His many supporters successfully clamor his election without a formal vote