Peal vs Clack - What's the difference?
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A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.
* 1883:
* Hayward
* Shakespeare
* Byron
A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale.
The changes rung on a set of bells.
To sound with a peal or peals.
* 1864: , Christmas Bells
* 1939: , In My Merry Oldsmobile
* 2006:
To utter or sound loudly.
* J. Barlow
To assail with noise.
* Milton
To resound; to echo.
* Longfellow
(UK, dialect) To pour out.
(obsolete) To appeal.
an abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a clatter; in sound, midway between a click and a clunk
Anything that causes a clacking noise, such as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
chatter; prattle
* South
To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
* Thackeray
To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
(UK) To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty.
In intransitive terms the difference between peal and clack
is that peal is to sound with a peal or peals while clack is to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.In transitive terms the difference between peal and clack
is that peal is to assail with noise while clack is to cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.peal
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- And, falling on a bench, he laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks, I could not help joining; and we laughed together, peal' after ' peal
- a fair peal of artillery
- whether those peals of praise be his or no
- and a deep thunder, peal' on ' peal , afar
Verb
(en verb)- Then pealed the bells more loud and deep...
- To the church we'll swiftly steal, then our wedding bells will peal ,
- You can go as far you like with me, in my merry Oldsmobile.
New York Times
- The bell pealed 20 times, clanging into the dusk as Mr. Bush’s motorcade drove off.
- The warrior's name, / Though pealed and chimed on all the tongues of fame.
- Nor was his ear less pealed .
- And the whole air pealed / With the cheers of our men.
- (Halliwell)
- (Spencer)
Etymology 2
Uncertain.Anagrams
* * * ----clack
English
Noun
(en noun)- Whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack .
Derived terms
* clack box * clack dish * clack door * clack valveVerb
(en verb)- We heard Mr. Hodson's whip clacking on the shoulders of the poor little wretches.
- (Feltham)
