Noise vs Noyse - What's the difference?
noise | noyse |
Various sounds, usually unwanted.
* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
* {{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
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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
* Spectator
(obsolete) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
* (Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
To make a noise; to sound.
To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts II:
As nouns the difference between noise and noyse
is that noise is various sounds, usually unwanted while noyse is .As a verb noise
is to make a noise; to sound.noise
English
Noun
(en noun)- The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise to us perceived.
- What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood!
- Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages.
- The king has his noise of gypsies.
- (Milton)
Derived terms
* noises off * noiselessSynonyms
* (Various sounds) soundHyponyms
* (Various sounds) bang, boom, crash, thudReferences
(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)- (Milton)
- When this was noysed aboute, the multitude cam togedder and were astonyed, because that every man herde them speake in his awne tongue.