Buzz vs Burr - What's the difference?
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A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.
A whisper.
The audible friction of voice consonants.
(informal) A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.
(informal) A telephone call.
(informal, preceded by the) Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.
* 2006 Sept. 6, Daren Fonda, "
To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.
* Longfellow
* 1922 , , Fantasia of the Unconscious , ch. 2:
# (by extension) To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.
#* Shakespeare
# (chiefly, of an insect) To fly while making such a sound.
#* 1897 , , ch. 20:
To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.
* Shakespeare
To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.
(aviation) To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise pass.
* 2013 , The Economist,
To cut the hair in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut.
* 2012 , Ellen Hartman, Out of Bounds (page 130)
A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
A bur; a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing.
A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
* Tomlinson
A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
The earlobe.
The knot at the bottom of an antler.
(obsolete) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
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Buzz is a related term of burr.
As a noun buzz
is a continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.As a verb buzz
is to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.As a proper noun burr is
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English
Noun
(es)- Still feeling the buzz from the coffee, he pushed through the last of the homework.
Ford Motor's New Chief: "I Think It's a Tough Situation"," Time :
- In Detroit, the buzz is that he's too nice a guy, unwilling to impose draconian job cuts at the risk of angering the UAW.
Verb
(es)- Like a wasp it buzzed , and stung him.
- So that now the universe has escaped from the pin which was pushed through it, like an impaled fly vainly buzzing , we can hope also to escape.
- However these disturbers of our peace / Buzz in the people's ears.
- The flies, lethargic with the autumn, were beginning to buzz into the room.
- I will buzz abroad such prophecies / That Edward shall be fearful of his life.
Stopping asteroid strikes: Defenders of the Earth
- an asteroid a mere 15-20 metres across exploded with the force of a medium-sized atom bomb over Chelyabinsk, in Russia, and another, much larger one buzzed Earth a few hours later.
- Deacon said, “You used to beg me to let you buzz your hair when you were little.” “And then I grew up and realized how awful you looked when you buzzed yours.”
Quotations
* (English Citations of "buzz")Derived terms
* abuzz * buzz saw * buzzword English onomatopoeias ----burr
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) burre, perhaps from (etyl) , from (etyl).Noun
(en noun)- The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs .
Synonyms
* (kind of seed pod) sticker; burDerived terms
* deburrEtymology 2
Onomatopoeia, influenced by bur.Etymology 3
Origin uncertain.Noun
(en noun)- And there kyng Arthur smote syr mordred vnder the shelde wyth a foyne of his spere thorughoute the body more than a fadom / And whan syr Mordred felte that he had hys dethes wounde / He thryst hym self wyth the myght that he had vp to the bur of kynge Arthurs spere / And right so he smote his fader Arthur wyth his swerde holden in bothe his handes