Strident vs Don - What's the difference?
strident | don |
Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
Grating or obnoxious
(nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides
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(linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.
(clothing) to put on, to dress in
As nouns the difference between strident and don
is that strident is (linguistics) one of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth while don is (science) (dissolved organic nitrogen).As an adjective strident
is loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.strident
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra.
- The artist chose a strident mixture of colors.
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Derived terms
* stridently * stridencyNoun
(en noun)References
*Anagrams
* ----don
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) dominus'', "lord", "head of household", akin to Spanish ''don'' and Italian ''dom''; from ''domus'', "house", + diminutive suffix ''-inus . Compare dominie.Derived terms
* donnishEtymology 2
A contraction of (etyl) do on. Compare also doff.Verb
(donn)- To don one's clothes.