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Boom is a related term of content.


As nouns the difference between boom and content

is that boom is while content is (uncountable) that which is contained or content can be satisfaction; contentment.

As an adjective content is

satisfied; in a state of satisfaction.

As a verb content is

to give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to gratify; to appease.

boom

English

(wikipedia boom)

Etymology 1

Onomatopoetic, perhaps borrowed; compare German (m), Dutch (m).

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make a loud, resonant sound.
  • Thunder boomed in the distance and lightning flashes lit up the horizon.
    The cannon boomed , recoiled, and spewed a heavy smoke cloud.
    Beneath the cliff, the sea was booming on the rocks.
    I can hear the organ slowly booming from the chapel.
  • (transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
  • *
  • To make something boom.
  • Men in grey robes slowly booming the drums of death.
  • (slang, US, obsolete) To publicly praise.
  • * (rfdate), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Problem of Thor Bridge
  • If you pull this off every paper in England and America will be booming you.
  • To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
  • * Totten
  • She comes booming down before it.
    Derived terms
    * boom box * sonic boom

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
  • ''The boom of the surf.
  • One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
  • * 1990 , Mark A. Berkley, William C. Stebbins, Comparative Perception
  • Interestingly, the blue monkey's boom and pyow calls are both long-distance signals (Brown, 1989), yet the two calls differ in respect to their susceptibility to habitat-induced degradation.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . Compare English (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
  • A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
  • A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
  • (electronics) The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones, are transversally mounted.
  • A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill.
  • A wishbone shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
  • The arm of a crane (mechanical lifting machine).
  • The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
  • to boom''' out a sail; to '''boom off a boat

    Etymology 3

    Or uncertain origin; perhaps a development of Etymology 1, above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (economics, business) A period of prosperity or high market activity.
  • Antonyms
    * (period of prosperity) recession

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be prosperous.
  • ''Business was booming .
  • (dated) To cause to advance rapidly in price.
  • to boom railroad or mining shares
    Synonyms
    * (to be prosperous) flourish, prosper
    Derived terms
    * sis boom bah * boom town/boomtown

    Anagrams

    * ----

    content

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ; see contain.

    Noun

  • (uncountable) That which is contained.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content ", or
  • Subject matter; substance.
  • * Grew
  • I shall prove these writingsauthentic, and the contents true, and worthy of a divine original.
  • The amount of material contained; contents.
  • Capacity for holding.
  • * (Francis Bacon)
  • Strong ships, of great content .
  • (mathematics) The n''-dimensional space contained by an ''n''-dimensional polytope (called ''volume'' in the case of a polyhedron and ''area in the case of a polygon).
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) content, from (etyl) ; see contain.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Satisfied; in a state of satisfaction.
  • *
  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.
  • Derived terms
    * contentment
    Synonyms
    * (satisfied) contented, pleased, satisfied

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) , from (contenter); see content as a verb.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Satisfaction; contentment
  • They were in a state of sleepy content after supper.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Such is the fullness of my heart's content .
  • (obsolete) acquiescence without examination
  • * Alexander Pope
  • The sense they humbly take upon content .
  • That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
  • * Shakespeare
  • So will I in England work your grace's full content .
  • (UK, House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmate vote.
  • (UK, House of Lords) A member who votes in assent.
  • Derived terms
    * discontent * malcontent

    Etymology 4

    From (etyl) contenter, from ; see content as an adjective.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to gratify; to appease.
  • You can't have any more - you'll have to content yourself with what you already have.
  • * Bible, Mark xv. 15
  • Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them.
  • * I. Watts
  • Do not content yourselves with obscure and confused ideas, where clearer are to be attained.
  • (obsolete) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Come the next Sabbath, and I will content you.