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Insusurration vs Susurrus - What's the difference?

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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

English

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete) The act of whispering into something
  • :(Johnson)
  • Speaking in a whisper about someone.
  • susurrus

    English

    Noun

    (susurruses)
  • (literary) A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.
  • (De Quincey)
    The soft susurrus and sighs of the branches. — Longfellow.
  • * {{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.}}