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Piper vs Ballyhoo - What's the difference?

piper | ballyhoo |

As a proper noun piper

is .

As a noun ballyhoo is

sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity or ballyhoo can be , an inshore, surface-dwelling species of needlefish forming sizeable schools or ballyhoo can be an unseaworthy or slovenly ship.

As a verb ballyhoo is

to sensationalise or make grand claims.

piper

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A musician who plays a pipe.
  • A bagpiper.
  • A baby pigeon.
  • A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra ), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
  • A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix ) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
    • Synonyms
    * (bagpiper) bagpiper * (baby pigeon) squab, baby pigeon, pigeon chick
    Derived terms
    * bagpiper * pay the piper * Pied Piper * who pays the piper calls the tune

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena)

    Noun

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    ballyhoo

    English

    Etymology 1

    .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
  • Noisy shouting or uproar.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sensationalise or make grand claims.
  • * 1933 — (7 May)
    • Industry has picked up, railroads are carrying more freight, farm prices are better, but I am not going to indulge in issuing proclamations of over-enthusiastic assurance. We cannot ballyhoo ourselves back to prosperity.

    Related terms

    * ballyhooed (pos a)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • , an inshore, surface-dwelling species of needlefish forming sizeable schools.

    • Etymology 3

    Possibly from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unseaworthy or slovenly ship.

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