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Reverb vs Delay - What's the difference?

reverb | delay |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between reverb and delay

is that reverb is (obsolete) to echo while delay is (obsolete) to assuage, quench, allay.

As nouns the difference between reverb and delay

is that reverb is (audio effects) an electronic effect which simulates echoes or reverberations in the sound signal being processed while delay is a period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

As verbs the difference between reverb and delay

is that reverb is (obsolete) to echo while delay is to put off until a later time; to defer or delay can be (obsolete) to dilute, temper.

reverb

English

Noun

(-)
  • (audio effects) An electronic effect which simulates echoes or reverberations in the sound signal being processed.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To echo.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • To apply a reverb (electronic echo effect) to.

    • delay

    English

    (wikipedia delay)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . More at let (to hinder), late, leave.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put off until a later time; to defer.
  • * Bible, (w) xxiv. 48
    • My lord delayeth his coming.
  • To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=10 , passage=Mr. Cooke had had a sloop?yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed , and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.}}
  • (label) To allay; to temper.
  • * (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
    • The watery showers delay the raging wind.
    Usage notes
    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See
    Synonyms
    * See also * adjourn * defer * forslow * postpone * put off * put on ice * suspend

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
    • the delay before the echo of a sound
  • * Bible, Acts xxv. 17
    • Without any delay , on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat.
  • * Macaulay
    • The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To dilute, temper.
  • (obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.12:
    • Those dreadfull flames she also found delayd / And quenched quite like a consumed torch […].

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