Buzz vs Hiss - What's the difference?
buzz | hiss |
A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.
A whisper.
The audible friction of voice consonants.
(informal) A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.
(informal) A telephone call.
(informal, preceded by the) Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.
* 2006 Sept. 6, Daren Fonda, "
To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.
* Longfellow
* 1922 , , Fantasia of the Unconscious , ch. 2:
# (by extension) To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.
#* Shakespeare
# (chiefly, of an insect) To fly while making such a sound.
#* 1897 , , ch. 20:
To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.
* Shakespeare
To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.
(aviation) To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise pass.
* 2013 , The Economist,
To cut the hair in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut.
* 2012 , Ellen Hartman, Out of Bounds (page 130)
A high-pitched sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.
An expression of disapproval made to sound like the noise of a snake.
To make a hissing sound.
* Wordsworth
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To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
* Bible, Ezekiel xxvii. 36
* Shakespeare
To utter with a hissing sound.
* Tennyson
In intransitive terms the difference between buzz and hiss
is that buzz is to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings while hiss is to make a hissing sound.In transitive terms the difference between buzz and hiss
is that buzz is to talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice while hiss is to utter with a hissing sound.buzz
English
Noun
(es)- Still feeling the buzz from the coffee, he pushed through the last of the homework.
Ford Motor's New Chief: "I Think It's a Tough Situation"," Time :
- In Detroit, the buzz is that he's too nice a guy, unwilling to impose draconian job cuts at the risk of angering the UAW.
Verb
(es)- Like a wasp it buzzed , and stung him.
- So that now the universe has escaped from the pin which was pushed through it, like an impaled fly vainly buzzing , we can hope also to escape.
- However these disturbers of our peace / Buzz in the people's ears.
- The flies, lethargic with the autumn, were beginning to buzz into the room.
- I will buzz abroad such prophecies / That Edward shall be fearful of his life.
Stopping asteroid strikes: Defenders of the Earth
- an asteroid a mere 15-20 metres across exploded with the force of a medium-sized atom bomb over Chelyabinsk, in Russia, and another, much larger one buzzed Earth a few hours later.
- Deacon said, “You used to beg me to let you buzz your hair when you were little.” “And then I grew up and realized how awful you looked when you buzzed yours.”
Quotations
* (English Citations of "buzz")Derived terms
* abuzz * buzz saw * buzzword English onomatopoeias ----hiss
English
Noun
(es)Verb
- As I started to poke it, the snake hissed at me.
- The arrow hissed through the air.
- Shod with steel, / We hissed along the polished ice.
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- The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee.
- if the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them
- the long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise