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Hullabaloo vs Cacophony - What's the difference?

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Hullabaloo is a related term of cacophony.


As nouns the difference between hullabaloo and cacophony

is that hullabaloo is an uproar or fuss while cacophony is a mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.

hullabaloo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An uproar or fuss.
  • They made such a hullabaloo about the change that the authorities were forced to change it back.
  • * 1902
  • Certainly they had brought with them some rotten hippo–meat, which couldn’t have lasted very long, anyway, even if the pilgrims hadn’t, in the midst of a shocking hullabaloo , thrown a considerable quantity of it overboard.

    Synonyms

    * ado * fuss * hype * to-do * uproar *

    cacophony

    English

    Noun

    (cacophonies)
  • A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
  • * 1921-1922, ,
  • Not more unutterable could have been the chaos of hellish sound if the pit itself had opened to release the agony of the damned, for in one inconceivable cacophony was centered all the supernal terror and unnatural despair of animate nature.

    Antonyms

    * euphony * harmony

    Derived terms

    * cacophonic * cacophonous