Strident vs Raspy - What's the difference?
strident | raspy |
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.
(of sound) Rough, raw, especially used to describe vocal quality.
Irritable.
* Louisa May Alcott, Little Wives
As adjectives the difference between strident and raspy
is that strident is loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding while raspy is rough, raw, especially used to describe vocal quality.As a noun strident
is one of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.strident
English
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
* ----raspy
English
Adjective
(er)- His incessant coughing made his voice sound raspy .
- I don't wish to get raspy , so let's change the subject.