Hoot vs Buzz - What's the difference?
hoot | buzz |
A derisive cry or shout.
The cry of an owl.
(US, slang) A fun event or person. (See hootenanny)
A small particle
* 1878 , John Hanson Beadle, Western Wilds, and the Men who Redeem Them , page 611, Jones Brothers, 1878
To cry out or shout in contempt.
* Dryden
To make the cry of an owl.
* Shakespeare
To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
* Jonathan Swift
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)
As nouns the difference between hoot and buzz
is that hoot is a derisive cry or shout while buzz is a continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.As verbs the difference between hoot and buzz
is that hoot is to cry out or shout in contempt while buzz is to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.hoot
English
Noun
(en noun)- Well, it was Sunday morning, and the wheat nothing like ripe; but it was a chance, and I got onto my reaper and banged down every hoot of it before Monday night.
Usage notes
* (small particle) The term is nearly always encountered in a negative sense in such phrases as don't care a hoot'' or ''don't give two hoots . * (derisive cry) The phrase a hoot and a holler'' has a very different meaning to ''hoot and holler''. The former is a short distance, the latter is a verb of ''derisive cry .Verb
(en verb)- Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more.
- the clamorous owl that nightly hoots
- Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat.
See also
* hooter * hootenannyAnagrams
* ----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.”