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Echolocation vs Reverberation - What's the difference?

echolocation | reverberation |

As nouns the difference between echolocation and reverberation

is that echolocation is the use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures. Also known as biosonar while reverberation is a violent oscillation or vibration.

echolocation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures. Also known as biosonar.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= William E. Conner
    • , title= An Acoustic Arms Race , volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}

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    reverberation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A violent oscillation or vibration
    • The discomfort caused by the bat's reverberation surprised Tommy.
  • An echo, or a series of overlapping echos
    • The reverberation that followed Marylin's shout filled the cavern.
  • The reflection of light or heat; a reflection in, or as though in, a mirror.
    • Like the several reverberations of the same image from two opposite looking glasses.
  • (plural ) An evolving series of effects resulting from a particular event; a repercussion
    • Reverberations from the Vietnam war affect our society to this day.

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