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Raucous vs Din - What's the difference?

raucous | din |

As an adjective raucous

is harsh and rough-sounding.

As an acronym DIN is

deutsches Institut für Normung. (German Institute for Standardization.

As a noun din is

a loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.

As a verb din is

to be filled with sound; to resound.

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.

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    din

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    Acronym

    (Acronym) (head)
  • Deutsches Institut für Normung. (German Institute for Standardization)
  • A formerly used logarithmic expression of the speed of a photographic film, plate, etc.; high-speed films have high numbers.

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