Gong vs Jangle - What's the difference?
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(musici) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
(British, informal) A medal or award.
To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.
* 1903 , H. G. Wells, The Truth About Pyecraft
To make a rattling metallic sound.
To cause something to make a rattling metallic sound.
* Shakespeare
To irritate.
To quarrel in words; to wrangle.
* Shakespeare
* Carlyle
A rattling metallic sound.
* Longfellow
(obsolete) Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.
In obsolete terms the difference between gong and jangle
is that gong is a privy or jakes while jangle is idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.As nouns the difference between gong and jangle
is that gong is a percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer while jangle is a rattling metallic sound.As verbs the difference between gong and jangle
is that gong is to make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong while jangle is to make a rattling metallic sound.gong
English
Etymology 1
(wikipedia gong) From (etyl) gongNoun
(en noun)Verb
- Poor old Pyecraft! He has just gonged , no doubt to order another buttered tea-cake!
Etymology 2
Derived terms
* gong farmer ----jangle
English
Verb
- Like sweet bells jangled , out of tune, and harsh.
- The sound from the next apartment jangled my nerves.
- Good wits will be jangling ; but, gentles, agree.
- Prussian Trenck jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner.
Noun
(en noun)- the musical jangle of sleigh bells
- (Chaucer)
