Cacophony vs Choir - What's the difference?
cacophony | choir |
A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
* 1921-1922, ,
Singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together.
* , chapter=5
, title= The part of a church where the choir assembles for song.
* , chapter=5
, title= (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
As nouns the difference between cacophony and choir
is that cacophony is a mix of discordant sounds; dissonance while choir is .As an adverb choir is
nearly, almost.As an adjective choir is
.cacophony
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Noun
(cacophonies)- Not more unutterable could have been the chaos of hellish sound if the pit itself had opened to release the agony of the damned, for in one inconceivable cacophony was centered all the supernal terror and unnatural despair of animate nature.
Antonyms
* euphony * harmonyDerived terms
* cacophonic * cacophonouschoir
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Alternative forms
* (l) (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia choir) (en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir , where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}