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Patter vs Rumble - What's the difference?

patter | rumble |

As nouns the difference between patter and rumble

is that patter is the soft sound of feet walking on a hard surface or patter can be glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer, or banter during a sports event or patter can be one who pats while rumble is a low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.

As verbs the difference between patter and rumble

is that patter is to make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch or patter can be to speak in such a way – glibly and rapidly, such as from an auctioneer, or when bantering during a sports event while rumble is to make a low, heavy, continuous sound.

As an interjection rumble is

an onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise.

patter

English

Etymology 1

1610s, of (onomatopoeia) origin.

Noun

(en noun)
  • The soft sound of feet walking on a hard surface.
    • I could hear the patter of mice running about in the dark.
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    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=7 citation , passage=The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.}}
    Derived terms
    * pitter-patter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.
    • The bullets pattered into the log-cabin walls.
  • * Thomson
    • The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard.
  • To spatter; to sprinkle.
  • * J. R. Drake
    • Patter the water about the boat.

    Etymology 2

    Circa 1400, from . Noun attested 1758, originally referring to the cant of thieves and beggers.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer, or banter during a sports event.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To speak in such a way – glibly and rapidly, such as from an auctioneer, or when bantering during a sports event.
  • * Mayhew
    • I've gone out and pattered to get money.
    Derived terms
    * Glasgow patter

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who pats.

    • References

    English onomatopoeias

    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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