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Resound vs Twang - What's the difference?

resound | twang |

As verbs the difference between resound and twang

is that resound is to sound again or resound can be to reverberate with sound or noise while twang is to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.

As a noun twang is

the sound of a vibrating string, eg of a bow, or a musical instrument.

resound

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(en verb)
  • to sound again
  • to echo a sound
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) resownen, from (etyl) resoner, from (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to reverberate with sound or noise
  • The street resounded with the noise of the children's game.
  • to make a reverberating sound
  • The sound of the brass band resounded through the town.
  • To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay.
  • To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • The man for wisdom's various arts renowned, / Long exercised in woes, O muse, resound .
    Derived terms
    * resounded * resounding

    Anagrams

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    twang

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound of a vibrating string, e.g. of a bow, or a musical instrument.
  • A technical term for a particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electrical guitars.
  • A trace of regional or foreign accent in someone's voice.
  • A sound quality that appears in the human voice when the epilaryngeal tube is narrowed.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.
  • See also

    * brogue * drawl * lilt * lisp