Tintinnabulate vs Jingle - What's the difference?
tintinnabulate | jingle | Related terms |
The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.
A short tune or verse, especially one used to advertise something.
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A carriage drawn by horses.
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To make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.
To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.
(dated) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.
* Macaulay
Tintinnabulate is a related term of jingle.
As verbs the difference between tintinnabulate and jingle
is that tintinnabulate is to ring, tinkle, toll, or otherwise sound like bells while jingle is to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.As a noun jingle is
the sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.jingle
English
Noun
(en noun)- He heard the jingle of her keys in the door and turned off the screen.
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Verb
- The beads jingled as she walked.
- She jingled the beads as she walked.
- Jingling street ballads.