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Rumble vs Cannonade - What's the difference?

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Rumble is a related term of cannonade.


As nouns the difference between rumble and cannonade

is that rumble is a low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach while cannonade is firing artillery in a large amount for a length of time.

As verbs the difference between rumble and cannonade

is that rumble is to make a low, heavy, continuous sound while cannonade is to discharge artillery fire.

As an interjection rumble

is an onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise.

rumble

English

Alternative forms

* (dialectal)

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.
  • The rumble from passing trucks made it hard to sleep at night.
  • (slang) A street fight or brawl.
  • A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
  • (dated) A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
  • * Charles Dickens
  • Kit, well wrapped, was in the rumble behind.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.
  • If I don't eat, my stomach will rumble .
    I could hear the thunder rumbling in the distance.
  • To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.
  • The police is going to rumble your hideout.
  • To move while making a rumbling noise.
  • The truck rumbled over the rough road.
  • (slang) To fight; to brawl.
  • To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.
  • (obsolete) To murmur; to ripple.
  • * Spenser
  • to rumble gently down with murmur soft

    Anagrams

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    cannonade

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Firing artillery in a large amount for a length of time .
  • * Prescott
  • A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted town.
  • (figurative) A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
  • * Ewerson
  • Blue Walden rolls its cannonade .

    Verb

  • To discharge artillery fire.