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Clomp vs Clack - What's the difference?

clomp | clack |

In lang=en terms the difference between clomp and clack

is that clomp is to move, making loud noises with one's feet while clack is to cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.

As nouns the difference between clomp and clack

is that clomp is the sound of feet hitting the ground loudly while clack is an abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a clatter; in sound, midway between a click and a clunk.

As verbs the difference between clomp and clack

is that clomp is (label) to walk with wooden shoes while clack is to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.

clomp

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • the sound of feet hitting the ground loudly
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) to walk with wooden shoes.
  • to move, making loud noises with one's feet
  • * 1847, Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey
  • ...so having smoothed my hair as well as I could, and repeatedly twitched my obdurate collar, I proceeded to clomp down the two flights of stairs, philosophizing as I went;

    clack

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a clatter; in sound, midway between a click and a clunk
  • Anything that causes a clacking noise, such as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
  • chatter; prattle
  • * South
  • Whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack .

    Derived terms

    * clack box * clack dish * clack door * clack valve

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
  • * Thackeray
  • We heard Mr. Hodson's whip clacking on the shoulders of the poor little wretches.
  • To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
  • To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
  • (Feltham)
  • (UK) To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty.