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Buzzer vs Bzzt - What's the difference?

buzzer | bzzt |

As a noun buzzer

is one who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes.

As an interjection bzzt is

the sound of a buzzer or of electricity.

buzzer

English

(wikipedia buzzer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes.
  • * Shakespeare
  • And wants not buzzers to infect his ear / With pestilent speeches of his father's death.
  • *
  • 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:
  • I flipped my wallet open on her desk and let her look at the buzzer pinned to the flap.

    bzzt

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (onomatopoeia) The sound of a buzzer or of electricity.
  • * 1921 , Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook
  • The buzzer on Matthew's desk rang violently at this point, bzzt -bzzt...
  • * 2000 , Linda P Acredolo, Susan Goodwyn, Baby minds: brain-building games your baby will love
  • You sing him a new song, bzzt' — a connection is made. You tickle his toes, ' bzzt — there goes another.
  • * 2001 , Keith R A DeCandido, Rockne S O'Bannon, Farscape: House of Cards
  • Pressing an imaginary button, Crichton said, "Bzzt ! Wrong answer."

    Alternative forms

    * bzzzt English words without vowels