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Sounder vs Siren - What's the difference?

sounder | siren |

As adjectives the difference between sounder and siren

is that sounder is comparative of sound while siren is relating to or like a siren.

As nouns the difference between sounder and siren

is that sounder is something, or someone who makes a sound while siren is (original sense) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.

As a verb siren is

to make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.

sounder

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (sound)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something, or someone who makes a sound.
  • (nautical) A device for making soundings at sea.
  • An instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
  • The collective noun for a group of wild boar.
    • English collective nouns

    Derived terms

    * depth sounder * echo sounder * telegraph sounder

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    siren

    English

    (wikipedia siren)

    Alternative forms

    * sirene (dated or archaic)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (original sense ) (Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
  • A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device.
  • A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra.
  • A dangerously seductive woman.
  • A common name for salamanders of Siren and Sirenidae.
  • A common name for mammals of Sirenia .

    • Derived terms

    * siren song * sirenian * sirenic

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.

    • Adjective

  • Relating to or like a siren.

    • Synonyms

    * bewitching * enchanting * enticing * sirenic

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