Masticate vs Murmur - What's the difference?
masticate | murmur |
To chew (food).
To grind or knead something into a pulp.
(countable) Low or indistinct sounds or speech.
* 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) , chapter V:
* 1960 , , (Jeeves in the Offing) , chapter XI:
(medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.
A muttered complaint or protest; the expression of dissatisfaction in a low muttering voice; any expression of complaint or discontent
* 1919 , :
* 1960 , , (Jeeves in the Offing) , chapter XX:
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) VI:
(label) To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=7, title= (label) To say (something) indistinctly, to mutter.
* (William Shakespeare), 1 , II. 3.51
As verbs the difference between masticate and murmur
is that masticate is to chew (food) while murmur is .As a noun murmur is
(countable) low or indistinct sounds or speech.masticate
English
Verb
(masticat)- The cow stood, quietly masticating its cud.
Quotations
{{timeline, 1800s=1832 1892 1896, 1900s=1927}} * 1832 — , ch. 4 *: The fat boy rose, opened his eyes, swallowed the huge piece of pie he had been in the act of masticating when he last fell asleep, and slowly obeyed his master’s orders. * 1892 — , ch. 12 *: 'By tasting it, to be sure,' said I, masticating a morsel that Kory-Kory had just put in my mouth. * 1896 — , ch. 8 *: He resumed his meal. "I had no idea of it," he said, and masticated . * 1927-1929'— *: The vegetables were not to be cooked but merely grated fine, if I could not masticate them. * 2001 - , The Pickup *: The friends watch the two make their way between other habitué's masticating , drinking, crouched in a scrum of conversation...''See also
* mastic * masticable * mastication * masticator * masticatoryAnagrams
* English transitive verbs ----murmur
English
Noun
(en noun)- In the prison of the 'tween decks reigned a darkness pregnant with murmurs . The sentry at the entrance to the hatchway was supposed to "prevent the prisoners from making a noise," but he put a very liberal interpretation upon the clause, and so long as the prisoners refrained from shouting, yelling, and fighting--eccentricities in which they sometimes indulged--he did not disturb them.
- A murmur arose from the audience.
- The moment had come for the honeyed word. I lowered my voice to a confidential murmur , but on her inquiring if I had laryngitis raised it again.
- In fear of disease and in the interest of his health man will be muzzled and masked like a vicious dog, and that without any murmur of complaint.
- Glossop will return from his afternoon off to find the awful majesty of the Law waiting for him, complete with handcuffs. We can hardly expect him to accept an exemplary sentence without a murmur , so his first move will be to establish his innocence by revealing all.
Verb
(en verb)- The iewes murmured att itt, because he sayde: I am thatt breed which is come doune from heven.
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=“Oh yes,” he murmured in a tone of obligatory surprise, as he proceeded to make the kind of 2 which he attributed to Margaret's style of chirography.}}
- Iheard thee murmur tales of iron wars.