Tingle vs Raspy - What's the difference?
tingle | raspy |
To have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
To make ringing sounds, to twang.
*1851 ,
*:Sideways leaning, we sideways darted; every ropeyarn tingling like a wire; the two tall masts buckling like Indian canes in land tornadoes.
* Charles Dickens
To ring
To cause to ring
* 1874 , , fit 2:
(of sound) Rough, raw, especially used to describe vocal quality.
Irritable.
* Louisa May Alcott, Little Wives
As a verb tingle
is to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.As a noun tingle
is a prickling or stinging sensation.As an adjective raspy is
rough, raw, especially used to describe vocal quality.tingle
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(tingl)- sharp tingling bells
Etymology 2
Verb
(tingl)- the Captain they trusted so well
- Had only one notion for crossing the ocean,
- And that was to tingle his bell.
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.
