Buzz vs Buzzer - What's the difference?
buzz | buzzer |
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)
One who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes.
* Shakespeare
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A device that makes a buzzing sound.
:* If you think you know the answer to the question, hit the buzzer as fast as you can.
A police badge.
* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 28:
As nouns the difference between buzz and buzzer
is that buzz is a continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones while buzzer is one who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes.As a verb buzz
is to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.buzz
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 ----buzzer
English
(wikipedia buzzer)Noun
(en noun)- And wants not buzzers to infect his ear / With pestilent speeches of his father's death.
- I flipped my wallet open on her desk and let her look at the buzzer pinned to the flap.