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Squelch vs Muffle - What's the difference?

squelch | muffle |

As verbs the difference between squelch and muffle

is that squelch is to halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force while muffle is to wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.

As nouns the difference between squelch and muffle

is that squelch is a squelching sound while muffle is anything that mutes or deadens sound.

squelch

English

Verb

(es)
  • (US) to halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force
    • Even the king’s announcement could not squelch the rumors.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • Oh 'twas your luck and mine to be squelched .
  • * Carlyle
    • If you deceive us you will be squelched .
  • (radio technology) to suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of your receiver.
  • (British) to make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground
    • The mud squelched underfoot; it had been raining all night.
  • *
  • (British) to walk or step through a substance such as mud
    • The mud was thick and sticky underfoot, but we squelched through it nonetheless.

    Synonyms

    * (to halt) quash

    Noun

    (squelches)
  • A squelching sound.

    • Derived terms

    * squelchy

    muffle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that mutes or deadens sound.
  • A warm piece of clothing for the hands.
  • A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames (a muffle furnace)
  • The bare end of the nose between the nostrils, especially in ruminants.

    • Verb

    (muffl)
  • To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up .
  • * Addison
    • The face lies muffled up within the garment.
  • * Dryden
    • He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • muffled up in darkness and superstition
  • To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound.
    • to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock
  • To mute or deaden (a sound etc.).
  • * 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 397:
    • The singer's voice was muffled by the thick walls, yet Tyrion knew the verse.
  • (dated) To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
  • (dated) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.