Honk vs Blare - What's the difference?
honk | blare |
(intransitive) To use a car horn.
To make a sound like a car horn.
To make the sound of a goose.
(informal) To vomit: regurgitate the contents of one's stomach.
(usually singular) A loud sound.
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Dazzling, often garish, brilliance.
To make a loud sound.
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, date=December 14
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To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly.
* Tennyson
As verbs the difference between honk and blare
is that honk is (intransitive) to use a car horn while blare is to make a loud sound.As nouns the difference between honk and blare
is that honk is the sound produced by a typical car horn while blare is (usually singular) a loud sound.As an interjection honk
is .honk
English
Verb
(en verb)- They stood and observed how long it took for the other cars to honk .
- "Honk! " she said, beaming reassuringly through the window and flapping her arms.
blare
English
Noun
(en noun)- I can hardly hear you over the blare of the radio.
Verb
- The trumpet blaring in my ears gave me a headache.
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- To blare its own interpretation.