Pandemonium vs Babel - What's the difference?
pandemonium | babel | Related terms |
(archaic) A place where all demons live; Hell.
* 1674 — , Book I
Chaos; tumultuous or lawless violence.
* 2004 , Boston Globe , October 22
An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd.
The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible.
:* Therefore is the name of it called Babel . - Gen. xi. 9.
A confused mixture of sounds and voices, especially in different languages.
* 2007 , Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon , Blue Bridge 2008, p. 48:
A place or scene of noise and confusion.
A tall, looming structure.
Pandemonium is a related term of babel.
As nouns the difference between pandemonium and babel
is that pandemonium is the imaginary capital of hell (often with a capital letter) while babel is .pandemonium
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Alternative forms
* pandaemonium *Noun
(en-noun)- And Trumpets sound throughout the Host proclaim
A solemn Councel forthwith to be held
At Pandæmonium , the high Capitol
Of Satan and his Peers.
- Whenever you have violent pandemonium , there's the overwhelming possibility for panic and tragedy.
Synonyms
* (tumultuous or lawless violence): chaos * (an outburst): outburst, uproarbabel
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)Noun
(en noun)- A babel of languages could be heard in the streets and the squares, mingling with the local Provençal.
