Buzz vs Sound - What's the difference?
buzz | sound |
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.
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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)
Healthy.
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Complete, solid, or secure.
* Chapman
(mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
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(British, slang) Good.
(of sleep) Quiet]] and deep.
Heavy; laid on with force.
Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
(British, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:The warlike sound / Of trumpets loud and clarions.
A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
(lb) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc
Noise without meaning; empty noise.
*(John Locke) (1632-1705)
*:Sense and not sound must be the principle.
To produce a sound.
(copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
* Shakespeare
To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
* Bible, 1 Thessalonians i. 8
(legal) Often with "in"; to arise or to be recognizable as arising within a particular area of law.
* '>citation
To cause to produce a sound.
(phonetics) To pronounce a vowel or a consonant.
(geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
* Camden
The air bladder of a fish.
A cuttlefish.
dive downwards, used of a whale.
To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
* Dryden
* Addison
test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
(medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound, or by auscultation or percussion.
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 sound is
the strait that separates zealand (an island of denmark) from scania (part of sweden); also sometimes called by the danish name,.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 ----sound
English
Alternative forms
* soune (obsolete), sowne (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) sound, sund, isund, . See (l).Adjective
(er)- He was safe and sound .
- In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.
- Fred assured me the floorboards were sound .
- The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, / And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound .
- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
- "How are you?" - "I'm sound ."
- That's a sound track you're playing.
- Her sleep was sound .
- a sound beating
- a sound title to land
Hypernyms
* (in logic) validDerived terms
* safe and sound * sound as a bell * soundlyInterjection
(en interjection)- "I found my jacket." - "Sound ."
Etymology 2
* Noun: from (etyl) sownde, alteration of sowne, from (etyl) sun, soun, (etyl) son, from accusative of (etyl) sonus. * Verb: from (etyl) sownden, sounen, from (etyl) suner, (etyl) soner (modern sonner ), from (etyl) * The euphonic -d appears in the fifteenth century. (wikipedia sound)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See alsoTroponyms
* noise * quiet * silenceSee also
* audibleVerb
(en verb)- When the horn sounds , take cover.
- He sounded good when we last spoke.
- That story sounds like a pack of lies!
- How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues!
- From you sounded out the word of the Lord.
- He sounds the instrument.
- The "e" in "house" isn't sounded .
Synonyms
* (to make noise)echo, reecho, resonate * See alsoDerived terms
* empty vessels make the most sound * infrasound * instantaneous sound pressure * missound * outsound * second sound * soundage * sound-alike * sound alphabet * sound and light/sound-and-light show * sound barrier * sound bite/soundbite * sound bow * sound box * sound camera * sound card * sounded * sound effect * sound energy * sound engineer * sound engineering * sounder * soundex * sound film * sound hole * sounding board * sound law * soundless * sound like * sound man/soundman * sound off * sound out * sound pollution * sound pressure * sound projection * soundproof/sound-proof * sound recording * sound reproduction * soundscape * sound spectrum * sound stage/soundstage * sound structure * sound system * sound track/soundtrack * sound truck * sound wave * speech sound * speed of sound * surround-sound/surround sound * third heart sound * third sound * ultrasound * unsound * voiced soundEtymology 3
From (etyl) sound, sund, from (etyl) . Related to (l).Noun
(en noun)- Puget Sound'''; Owen '''Sound
- The Sound of Denmark, where ships pay toll.
- Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
- (Ainsworth)
Etymology 4
(etyl) . More atVerb
(en verb)- The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.
- When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.
- I was in jest, / And by that offer meant to sound your breast.
- I've sounded my Numidians man by man.
- Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.
- to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra