doorbell

As nouns the difference between door and doorbell

is that door is door while doorbell is a device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence it can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.

As a verb doorbell is

to ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.

In intransitive terms the difference between doorbell and chime

is that doorbell is to ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit while chime is to agree; to correspond.

In transitive terms the difference between doorbell and chime

is that doorbell is to ring many doorbells of (target people or an area) in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit while chime is to utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.

As nouns the difference between windlass and doorbell

is that windlass is any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights while doorbell is a device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence it can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.

As verbs the difference between windlass and doorbell

is that windlass is to raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass while doorbell is to ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and doorbell

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while doorbell is a device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.

As a verb doorbell is

to ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.