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Rasping vs Raucous - What's the difference?

rasping | raucous | Related terms |

Rasping is a related term of raucous.


As adjectives the difference between rasping and raucous

is that rasping is raspy while raucous is harsh and rough-sounding.

As a verb rasping

is .

As a noun rasping

is a rasping sound.

rasping

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • raspy
  • He spoke in a rasping voice due to throat cancer.

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rasping sound
  • Anagrams

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    raucous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Harsh and rough-sounding.
  • At night, raucous sounds come from the swamp.
  • Disorderly and boisterous.
  • Acts of vandalism were committed by a raucous gang of drunkards.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2014
  • , date=November 14 , author=Stephen Halliday , title=Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero , work=The Scotsman citation , page= , passage=In a raucous atmosphere, it was an unforgiving and physical contest from the start. Grant Hanley conceded the first free-kick within the opening 20 seconds, setting the tone for a busy and thankless evening for Serbian referee Milorad Mazic.}}
  • Loud and annoying.
  • the new neighbors had a raucous party.

    Synonyms

    * (disorderly and boisterous) (l)