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Racket vs Blare - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between racket and blare

is that racket is a racquet: an implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton while blare is a loud sound.

As verbs the difference between racket and blare

is that racket is to strike with, or as if with, a racket while blare is to make a loud sound.

racket

English

Alternative forms

* (sporting implement) racquet

Etymology 1

From (etyl) raket

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) A racquet: an implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.
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  • (label) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
  • A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
    • Synonyms
    * (implement) bat, paddle, racquet

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To strike with, or as if with, a racket.
  • * Hewyt
    • Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another.
    See also
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    Etymology 2

    Attested since the 1500s, of unclear origin; possibly a metathesis of the dialectal term

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A loud noise.
    • Power tools work quickly, but they sure make a racket .
    With all the racket they're making, I can't hear myself think!
    What's all this racket ?
  • A fraud or swindle; an illegal scheme for profit.
    • They had quite a racket devised to relieve customers of their money.
  • (dated, slang) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
    • Synonyms
    * (loud noise) din, noise, ruckus * (fraud) con, fraud, scam, swindle
    Derived terms
    * racketeer, racketeering

    Anagrams

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    blare

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually singular) A loud sound.
    • I can hardly hear you over the blare of the radio.
  • *'>citation
  • Dazzling, often garish, brilliance.

    • Verb

  • To make a loud sound.
    • The trumpet blaring in my ears gave me a headache.
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  • To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly.
  • * Tennyson
    • To blare its own interpretation.

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