Reedy vs Strident - What's the difference?
reedy | strident |
Full of, or edged with, reeds.
(of a sound or voice) high and thin in tone.
(of a person) tall and thin.
Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
Grating or obnoxious
(nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides
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(linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.
As adjectives the difference between reedy and strident
is that reedy is full of, or edged with, reeds while strident is loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.As a noun strident is
(linguistics) one of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.reedy
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(er)Anagrams
*strident
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(en adjective)- The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra.
- The artist chose a strident mixture of colors.
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