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Resonant vs Rousing - What's the difference?

resonant | rousing |

As adjectives the difference between resonant and rousing

is that resonant is resounding, echoing while rousing is that rouses or excites.

As a verb rousing is

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As a noun rousing is

the act by which somebody or something is roused.

resonant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resounding, echoing.
    • From across the valley came the resonant sound of a distant church bell.

    rousing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That rouses or excites.
    • rousing music
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 29 , author=Tom Rostance , title=Stoke 2 - 1 Besiktas , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But he still saw his side produce a rousing display which owed much to their lauded prowess from set-pieces, despite Uefa regulations meaning the pitch had to be widened and, in the process, the run-up area for Delap's long throws reduced.}}

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which somebody or something is roused.
  • * 2010 , Kathleen Huggins, The Expectant Parents' Companion (page 88)
    • Parents who use cloth diapers often use disposables for travel, nights, or both. Disposables can save parents repeated nighttime rousings or frequent sheet changes.

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