Jangle vs Commotion - What's the difference?
jangle | commotion | Related terms |
To make a rattling metallic sound.
To cause something to make a rattling metallic sound.
* Shakespeare
To irritate.
To quarrel in words; to wrangle.
* Shakespeare
* Carlyle
A rattling metallic sound.
* Longfellow
(obsolete) Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.
A state of turbulent motion.
An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.
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Jangle is a related term of commotion.
As nouns the difference between jangle and commotion
is that jangle is a rattling metallic sound while commotion is a state of turbulent motion.As a verb jangle
is to make a rattling metallic sound.jangle
English
Verb
- Like sweet bells jangled , out of tune, and harsh.
- The sound from the next apartment jangled my nerves.
- Good wits will be jangling ; but, gentles, agree.
- Prussian Trenck jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner.
Noun
(en noun)- the musical jangle of sleigh bells
- (Chaucer)
Usage notes
* somewhat harsher than jinglecommotion
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}