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Ballyhoo vs Noisy - What's the difference?

ballyhoo | noisy |

As a noun ballyhoo

is sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity or ballyhoo can be , an inshore, surface-dwelling species of needlefish forming sizeable schools or ballyhoo can be an unseaworthy or slovenly ship.

As a verb ballyhoo

is to sensationalise or make grand claims.

As an adjective noisy is

making a noise, especially a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.

ballyhoo

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en noun)
  • Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
  • Noisy shouting or uproar.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sensationalise or make grand claims.
  • * 1933 — (7 May)
    • Industry has picked up, railroads are carrying more freight, farm prices are better, but I am not going to indulge in issuing proclamations of over-enthusiastic assurance. We cannot ballyhoo ourselves back to prosperity.

    Related terms

    * ballyhooed (pos a)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • , an inshore, surface-dwelling species of needlefish forming sizeable schools.

    • Etymology 3

    Possibly from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unseaworthy or slovenly ship.

    • References

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    noisy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Making a noise, especially a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.
  • Full of noise.

    • Derived terms

    * noisy miner

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