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Resonate vs Rumble - What's the difference?

resonate | rumble |

As verbs the difference between resonate and rumble

is that resonate is to vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration while rumble is to make a low, heavy, continuous sound.

As an interjection rumble is

an onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise.

As a noun rumble is

a low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.

resonate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration.
  • The books on top of the piano resonate when he plays certain notes.
  • To have an effect or impact; to influence; to engender support.
  • His words resonated with the crowd.

    See also

    * resonance ----

    rumble

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (dialectal)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.
  • The rumble from passing trucks made it hard to sleep at night.
  • (slang) A street fight or brawl.
  • A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
  • (dated) A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
  • * Charles Dickens
  • Kit, well wrapped, was in the rumble behind.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.
  • If I don't eat, my stomach will rumble .
    I could hear the thunder rumbling in the distance.
  • To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.
  • The police is going to rumble your hideout.
  • To move while making a rumbling noise.
  • The truck rumbled over the rough road.
  • (slang) To fight; to brawl.
  • To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.
  • (obsolete) To murmur; to ripple.
  • * Spenser
  • to rumble gently down with murmur soft

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