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What is the difference between sonic and glitch?

sonic | glitch |

As a adjective sonic

is of or relating to sound.

As a noun glitch is

a problem affecting function; a bug; an imperfection; a quirk.

As a verb glitch is

to experience an intermittent, unexpected, malfunction.

sonic

English

Adjective

(head)
  • of or relating to sound
  • having a speed approaching that of the speed of sound in air

    • See also

    * hypersonic * subsonic * supersonic * transonic * ultrasonic

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    glitch

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia glitch) (es)
  • A problem affecting function; a bug; an imperfection; a quirk
    • They are still trying to work out all the glitches .
  • (video games) A bug or an exploit.
    • Performing this glitch gives you extra lives.
  • (music) A genre of experimental electronic music of the 1990s, characterized by a deliberate use of sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted noise.

    • Derived terms

    * glitchcore

    Quotations

    * 1962 , (John Glenn) *: Literally, a glitch is a spike or change in voltage in an electrical current. * 1965 , Time magazine *: Glitches —a spaceman’s word for irritating disturbances.

    Verb

    (es)
  • To experience an intermittent, unexpected, malfunction
    • My computer keeps glitching ; every couple of hours it just reboots without warning.
  • (video games) To perform an exploit or recreate a bug while playing a video game.
    • His character will glitch into the wall and out of the level.

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