Hubbub vs Loud - What's the difference?
hubbub | loud |
A confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.
* John Milton, Paradise Lost
(of a sound) Of great intensity.
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Noisy.
* Bible, Proverbs vii. 11
Not subtle or reserved, brash.
Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
As a noun hubbub
is a confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.As a proper noun loud is
.hubbub
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Alternative forms
* whobub (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- At length a universal hubbub wild
- Of stunning sounds and voices all confused,
- Borne through the hollow dark, assaults his ear
- With loudest vehemence.
Synonyms
* See alsoloud
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Alternative forms
* lowd (obsolete)Adjective
(er)- She is loud and stubborn.