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Preach vs Trumpet - What's the difference?

preach | trumpet |

In intransitive terms the difference between preach and trumpet

is that preach is to give a sermon while trumpet is of an elephant, to make its cry.

In transitive terms the difference between preach and trumpet

is that preach is to teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching while trumpet is to proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically.

preach

English

Verb

  • To give a sermon.
  • * , chapter=3
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”  He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
    A local Muslim used to preach from the Quran and hadith.
  • To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
  • * Bible, Isa. lxi. 1
    • The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek.
  • To advise or recommend earnestly.
  • * Shakespeare
    • My master preaches patience to him.
  • To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
  • * Southey
    • As ye are preached .

    See also

    * praught

    Related terms

    * practice what one preaches * preach to the choir * preach to the converted

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A religious discourse.
    • (Hooker)

    trumpet

    English

    (wikipedia trumpet)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat.
    • The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival.
  • In an orchestra or other musical group, a musician that plays the trumpet.
    • The trumpets were assigned to stand at the rear of the orchestra pit.
  • The cry of an elephant.
    • The large bull gave a basso trumpet as he charged the hunters.
  • (figurative) One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • * Dryden
    • That great politician was pleased to have the greatest wit of those times to be the trumpet of his praises.
  • A funnel, or short flaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.

    • Synonyms

    * (musical instrument) cornet

    Derived terms

    * natural trumpet * straight trumpet

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sound loudly, be amplified
    • The music trumpeted from the speakers, hurting my ears.
  • To play the trumpet.
    • Cedric made a living trumpeting for the change of passersby in the subway.
  • Of an elephant, to make its cry.
    • ''The circus trainer cracked the whip, signaling the elephant to trumpet .
  • To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically
    • Andy trumpeted Jane's secret across the school, much to her embarrassment.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • They did nothing but publish and trumpet all the reproaches they could devise against the Irish.

    Related terms

    * trumpet player * trumpeter * trumpetress