What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Noise vs Clangour - What's the difference?

noise | clangour | Related terms |

Noise is a related term of clangour.


As nouns the difference between noise and clangour

is that noise is various sounds, usually unwanted while clangour is (british|canadian) a loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.

As verbs the difference between noise and clangour

is that noise is to make a noise; to sound while clangour is (british|canadian) to make a clanging sound.

noise

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Various sounds, usually unwanted.
  • * (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
    • The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise to us perceived.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
    • , passage=Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.}}
  • Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
  • (label) Unwanted part of a signal. (Signal to noise ratio )
  • (label) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
  • Rumour or complaint.
  • * T. Baker
    • What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood!
  • * Spectator
    • Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages.
  • (obsolete) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
  • * (Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
    • The king has his noise of gypsies.
    (Milton)

    Derived terms

    * noises off * noiseless

    Synonyms

    * (Various sounds) sound

    Hyponyms

    * (Various sounds) bang, boom, crash, thud

    References

    (Genetics meaning)'' " Noise in Gene Expression: Origins, Consequences, and Control." Jonathan M. Raser and Erin K. O'Shea (2005). ''Science . 309 (5743):2010-2013.

    Verb

    (nois)
  • To make a noise; to sound.
    • (Milton)
  • To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts II:
    • When this was noysed aboute, the multitude cam togedder and were astonyed, because that every man herde them speake in his awne tongue.

    External links

    * * *

    Anagrams

    * * 1000 English basic words ----

    clangour

    English

    Alternative forms

    * clangor (qualifier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, Canadian) A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.
  • * 1920 , , Chapter XXIV: Death and Love,
    • And always, as the dark, inchoate eyes turned to him, there passed through Gerald's bowels a burning stroke of revolt, that seemed to resound through his whole being, threatening to break his mind with its clangour , and making him mad.

    Derived terms

    * clangorous * clangorously

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (British, Canadian) To make a clanging sound.
  • * {{quote-book, passage=It clangoured through the house like a bell in a tomb.
    • , pageurl=http://www.google.ca/books?id=K73hDkcf8pMC&pg=PA67&dq=%22clangoured%22&cd=2&redir_esc=y
  • v=onepage&q=%22clangoured%22&f=false
    • , page=67 , title=Beggars of Life: A Hobo Autobiography , author=Jim Tully , year=1924}}