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In intransitive terms the difference between noise and row

is that noise is to make a noise; to sound while row is to argue noisily.

In transitive terms the difference between noise and row

is that noise is to spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip while row is to transport in a boat propelled with oars.

noise

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Various sounds, usually unwanted.
  • * (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
    • The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise to us perceived.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
    • , passage=Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.}}
  • Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
  • (label) Unwanted part of a signal. (Signal to noise ratio )
  • (label) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
  • Rumour or complaint.
  • * T. Baker
    • What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood!
  • * Spectator
    • Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages.
  • (obsolete) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
  • * (Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
    • The king has his noise of gypsies.
    (Milton)

    Derived terms

    * noises off * noiseless

    Synonyms

    * (Various sounds) sound

    Hyponyms

    * (Various sounds) bang, boom, crash, thud

    References

    (Genetics meaning)'' " Noise in Gene Expression: Origins, Consequences, and Control." Jonathan M. Raser and Erin K. O'Shea (2005). ''Science . 309 (5743):2010-2013.

    Verb

    (nois)
  • To make a noise; to sound.
    • (Milton)
  • To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts II:
    • When this was noysed aboute, the multitude cam togedder and were astonyed, because that every man herde them speake in his awne tongue.

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    row

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (dialectal)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.
  • * Bible, 1 (w) vii. 4
    • And there were windows in three rows .
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
    • The bright seraphim in burning row .
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
  • A line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
    • Synonyms
    * (line of objects) line, sequence, series, succession, tier (of seats) * (in a table) line
    Antonyms
    * column
    Derived terms
    * long row to hoe

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . Compare West Frisian roeie, Dutch roeien, Danish ro. More at rudder.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (weightlifting) An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, or, intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
  • To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
    • to row the captain ashore in his barge
  • To be moved by oars.
    • The boat rows easily.

    Etymology 3

    Unclear; some suggest it is a , verb.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A noisy argument.
  • * (Byron)
  • * , chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=18 citation , passage=‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?}}
  • A continual loud noise.
    • Synonyms
    * (noisy argument) argument, disturbance, fight, fracas, quarrel, shouting match, slanging match * (continual loud noise) din, racket

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to argue noisily
    • Synonyms
    * (argue noisily) argue, fight

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