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Deafening vs Thunderous - What's the difference?

deafening | thunderous |

As adjectives the difference between deafening and thunderous

is that deafening is loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss while thunderous is very loud; suggestive of thunder; thundersome.

As a verb deafening

is .

As a noun deafening

is (architecture) pugging.

deafening

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss
  • Very loud
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.}}

    Related terms

    * deaf * deafen * deafening silence

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • (architecture) pugging

    • thunderous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Very loud; suggestive of thunder; thundersome
  • *
  • *:But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 13, author=Alistair Magowan, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd , passage=After the hour mark, events in Manchester were almost becoming a distraction such was the thunderous cheer from the United fans to greet QPR taking their unlikely lead against City.}}

    Derived terms

    * (l)