Clangour vs Rumpus - What's the difference?
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(British, Canadian) A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.
* 1920 , , Chapter XXIV: Death and Love,
(British, Canadian) To make a clanging sound.
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A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel.
Clangour is a related term of rumpus.
As nouns the difference between clangour and rumpus
is that clangour is (british|canadian) a loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din while rumpus is a noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel.As a verb clangour
is (british|canadian) to make a clanging sound.clangour
English
Alternative forms
* clangor (qualifier)Noun
(en noun)- And always, as the dark, inchoate eyes turned to him, there passed through Gerald's bowels a burning stroke of revolt, that seemed to resound through his whole being, threatening to break his mind with its clangour , and making him mad.
