Resound vs Twang - What's the difference?
resound | twang |
to reverberate with sound or noise
to make a reverberating sound
To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo.
* Alexander Pope
To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of.
* Alexander Pope
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.
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
Etymology 2
From (etyl) resownen, from (etyl) resoner, from (etyl)Verb
(en verb)- The street resounded with the noise of the children's game.
- The sound of the brass band resounded through the town.
- Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay.
- The man for wisdom's various arts renowned, / Long exercised in woes, O muse, resound .