Insusurration vs Susurrus - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) The act of whispering into something
:(Johnson)
Speaking in a whisper about someone. (literary) A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.
* {{quote-book
, year=2000
, author=George R. R. Martin
, title=A Storm of Swords
, isbn=9780553106633
, page=555
, passage=They heard the Green Fork before they saw it, an endless susurrus , like the growl of some great beast.}}
* {{quote-book
, year=2004
, author=Gregory David Roberts
, title=Shantaram: A Novel
, isbn=0312330529
, page=613
, passage=I sipped at a drink and smoked cigarettes in a silence so profound that I could hear the susurrus of the blindfold's soft fabric rustle and slip between my fingers.}}
* {{quote-book
, year=2007
, author=Patrick Rothfuss
, title=The Name of the Wind
, isbn=9780756404741
, page=301
, passage=I walked steadily toward the pennant pole amid a sea of susurrus murmurings.}}
* {{quote-book
, year=2008
, author=Neil Gaiman
, title=The Graveyard Book
, isbn=0060530928
, page=262
, passage=Bod could feel the Sleer listening to Jack's words, could feel a low susurrus of excitement building in the chamber.}}
Insusurration is a related term of susurrus.
As nouns the difference between insusurration and susurrus
is that insusurration is (obsolete) the act of whispering into something while susurrus is (literary) a whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.insusurration
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(-)susurrus
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(susurruses)- (De Quincey)
- The soft susurrus and sighs of the branches. — Longfellow.