Muffle vs Foom - What's the difference?
muffle | foom |
Anything that mutes or deadens sound.
A warm piece of clothing for the hands.
A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames (a muffle furnace)
The bare end of the nose between the nostrils, especially in ruminants.
To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up .
* Addison
* Dryden
* Arbuthnot
To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound.
To mute or deaden (a sound etc.).
* 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 397:
(dated) To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
(dated) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
The sound of a muffled explosion.
* 1983 , Richard Bach, Biplane
* 2000 , James Bradley, Ron Powers, Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima
* 2007 , Warren Murphy, James Mullaney, The New Destroyer: Guardian Angel
As a noun muffle
is anything that mutes or deadens sound.As a verb muffle
is to wrap (a person, face etc) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up .As an interjection foom is
the sound of a muffled explosion.muffle
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(muffl)- The face lies muffled up within the garment.
- He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes.
- muffled up in darkness and superstition
- to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock
- The singer's voice was muffled by the thick walls, yet Tyrion knew the verse.
foom
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- And FOOM -FOOM! the two engines burst together into life...
- Those flat-trajectory shells would skim straight in, making a roaring sound in the dark: Foom ! Foom! Foom!
- A soft, distant foom . The lights blinked, then faded. Foom-foom-foom! Explosions, one after another, rocked the tunnel.