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Pomp vs Clamor - What's the difference?

pomp | clamor |

As nouns the difference between pomp and clamor

is that pomp is pomp while clamor is a great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.

As a verb clamor is

to cry out and/or demand.

pomp

English

Noun

  • Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
  • * 1698 . "A person of quality" [Pierre Nicole]. Moral Essayes, Contain'd in Several Treatises on Many Important Duties. Vol I, p95.
    • "'Tis a gross visible errour, which Tertullian teaches in his Book of Idolatry cap. 18. That all the marks of Dignity and Power, and all the ornaments annexed to Office, are forbid Christians, and that Jesus Christ hath plac'd all these things amongst the pomps of the Devil, since he himself appeared in a condition so far from all pomp and splendour."
  • * , Episode 12, The Cyclops
    • The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.
  • A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.
  • * Addison
    • all the pomps of a Roman triumph

    Related terms

    * pompous * pomposity

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To make a pompous display; to conduct.
    • (Ben Jonson)
    (Webster 1913)

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    clamor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * clamour (UK English)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
  • Any loud and continued noise.
  • A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.

    • Synonyms

    * (great outcry) outcry, tumult

    Derived terms

    * clamorous * clamorously * clamorousness

    Related terms

    * acclamation * claim * declamation * reclamation

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cry out and/or demand.
    • ''Anyone who tastes our food seems to clamor for more.
  • To demand by outcry.
    • ''Thousands of demonstrators clamoring the government's resignation were literally deafening, yet their cries fell in deaf ears
  • * 2013 September 28, , " London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
    • The distinctness of London has led many to clamor for the capital to pursue its own policies, especially on immigration. The British prime minister, David Cameron, is a Conservative. So is the mayor of London, Boris Johnson. But they have diametrically opposed views on immigration.
  • To become noisy insistently.
    • ''After a confused murmur the audience soon clamored
  • To influence by outcry.
    • ''His many supporters successfully clamor his election without a formal vote
  • (obsolete) To silence.

    • Synonyms

    * (to cry out) din

    Anagrams

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