Concussion vs Percussion - What's the difference?
concussion | percussion |
A violent collision or shock.
* Francis Bacon
An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.
(legal, civil law) The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value.
* Daniel
(countable) the collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound
(countable) the sound so produced
(countable) the detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm
(medicine) the tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis
(music) the section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group
(engineering) the repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling
As nouns the difference between concussion and percussion
is that concussion is a violent collision or shock while percussion is the collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.concussion
English
Noun
(en noun)- It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the concussion of the air.
- Then concussion , rapine, pilleries, / Their catalogue of accusations fill.