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Ringing vs Tintinnabulation - What's the difference?

ringing | tintinnabulation | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between ringing and tintinnabulation

is that ringing is the sound of ringing while tintinnabulation is a tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass.

As an adjective ringing

is loud and clear.

As a verb ringing

is present participle of lang=en.

ringing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The sound of ringing.
  • The quality of being resonant.
  • A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings.

    • Synonyms

    * (technique used in the study of birds) banding

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Loud and clear.
  • Made forcefully; powerful.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    tintinnabulation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass.
  • * 1919, , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 20
    • Across the darkling meadows, from the heights of Hare, the tintinnabulation sounded mournfully, penetrating the curl-wreathed tympanums of Lady Parvula de Panzoust.
  • The ringing of bells.
  • * 1849,
    • Keeping time, time, time,
    In a sort of Runic rhyme,
    To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
    From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
    Bells, bells, bells —
    From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.

    Related terms

    * tintinnabulate