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Resounding vs Roaring - What's the difference?

resounding | roaring |

As nouns the difference between resounding and roaring

is that resounding is the action of the verb to resound while roaring is a loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast; a roar.

As adjectives the difference between resounding and roaring

is that resounding is having a deep, rich sound; mellow and resonant while roaring is very; intensively; extremely.

As verbs the difference between resounding and roaring

is that resounding is while roaring is .

resounding

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en noun)
  • The action of the verb to resound
  • *
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a deep, rich sound; mellow and resonant
  • That causes reverberation
  • (by extension) emphatic, celebrated
  • We had a resounding win against the rival team.
    Derived terms
    * resoundingly

    Etymology 2

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    Verb

    (head)
  • roaring

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Very; intensively; extremely.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
  • , chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
      Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”}}
  • Very successful; lively; profitable; thriving; prosperous.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast; a roar.
  • An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion.