Thunder vs Vow - What's the difference?
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The sound caused by the discharge of atmospheric electrical charge.
A sound resembling thunder; especially, one produced by a jet airplane in flight.
A deep, rumbling noise.
An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.
* Prescott
(obsolete) The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
* Shakespeare
(figuratively) The spotlight.
To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; often used impersonally.
(label) To make a noise like thunder.
(label) To talk with a loud, threatening voice.
(label) To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.
To produce something with incredible power
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A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.
A declaration or assertion.
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, title= (ambitransitive) To make a vow; to promise.
* Bible, Eccl. v. 4
* Richard Baxter
To make a vow regarding (something).
To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.
Thunder is a related term of vow.
As nouns the difference between thunder and vow
is that thunder is hoof while vow is a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.As a verb vow is
(ambitransitive) to make a vow; to promise.thunder
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Noun
(wikipedia thunder)- Thunder ''is preceded by lightning.
- Off in the distance, he heard the thunder of hoofbeats, signalling a stampede.
- The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike into the heart of princes.
- The revenging gods / 'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend.
Usage notes
* roll, clap, peal are some of the words used to count thunder.Derived terms
* thunder and lightning * thunderation * thunderbird * thunderbolt * thunderboomer * thunderbox * thunderclap * thundercloud * thunderhead * thunderous * thundersquall * thunderstorm * thunder thighsSee also
* lightningVerb
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Derived terms
* thunderervow
English
Noun
(en noun)Sam Leith
Where the profound meets the profane, passage=Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.}}
Usage notes
* One normally makes'' or ''takes'' a vow, or simply ''vows (see below). * Commonly mentioned vows include those of silence'', ''obedience'', ''poverty'', ''chastity'', and ''celibacy . * 'to keep/pay/fulfill a vow' = to honor a vow * 'to break a vow' = to dishonor a vowVerb
(en verb)- When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it.
- We do not vow that we will never sin, nor neglect a duty (nor ought we to do so).
- The wronged woman vowed revenge.
- The rebels vowed to continue their fight.