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Clattering vs Clamour - What's the difference?

clattering | clamour | Related terms |

Clattering is a related term of clamour.


As verbs the difference between clattering and clamour

is that clattering is while clamour is .

As nouns the difference between clattering and clamour

is that clattering is a noise that clatters while clamour is .

clattering

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A noise that clatters.
  • * 1844 , Fredrika Bremer, The Neighbours: A Story of Every-day Life (page 59)
    • Miss Greta closed her eyes. Quickly, however, did she open them again; for a dull noise, with certain whiskings-about and flutterings, together with low clatterings , approached her ear.

    clamour

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (US spelling)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * Chaucer (Wife of Bath's Tale)
  • *:Ffor which oppression was swich clamour
  • * Shakespeare (Love's Labours Lost)
  • *:Sickly eares Deaft with the clamours of their owne deare grones.
  • * Addison
  • *:Here the loud Arno's boist'rous clamours cease.
    • (Macaulay)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To salute loudly.
  • * Milton
    • The people with a shout / Rifted the air, clamouring their god with praise.
  • (obsolete) To stun with noise.
  • * Bacon
    • Let them not come..in a Tribunitious Manner; For that is, to clamour Counsels, not to enforme them.
  • (obsolete) To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.
    • (Bishop Warburton)

    Derived terms

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