Voice vs Boom - What's the difference?
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Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; steven; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice'; a pleasant '''voice'''; a low ' voice .
* {{quote-news
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To that end, the home supporters were in good voice to begin with, but it was Newcastle who started the game in the ascendancy, with Barton putting a diving header over the top from Jose Enrique's cross.}} (phonetics) Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b'', ''v'', ''d'', etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in (f), (s), ''sh'', etc., and also ''whisper .
The tone or sound emitted by anything
The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice
Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion
Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.
Command; precept; — now chiefly used in scriptural language.
One who speaks; a speaker.
(grammar) A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
(music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
(Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.
To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.
(phonology) To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.
To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.
(obsolete) To vote; to elect; to appoint — Shakespeare
(obsolete) To clamor; to cry out, to steven — South
(Internet) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
(television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
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To make a loud, resonant sound.
(transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
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To make something boom.
(slang, US, obsolete) To publicly praise.
* (rfdate), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Problem of Thor Bridge
To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
* Totten
A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
* 1990 , Mark A. Berkley, William C. Stebbins, Comparative Perception
(nautical) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
(electronics) The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones, are transversally mounted.
A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill.
A wishbone shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
The arm of a crane (mechanical lifting machine).
The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
To be prosperous.
(dated) To cause to advance rapidly in price.
Voice is a related term of boom.
As nouns the difference between voice and boom
is that voice is sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; steven; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice'; a pleasant '''voice'''; a low ' voice while boom is .As a verb voice
is to give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.voice
English
(wikipedia voice)Alternative forms
* (l) (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- He with a manly voice saith his message. — (Geoffrey Chaucer)
- Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman. — Shakespeare, King Lear, V-iii
- Thy voice is music. — Shakespeare, Henry V, V-ii
- Join thy voice unto the angel choir. — (John Milton)
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- After the fire a still small voice . — 1 Kings 19:12
- Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? — Job 40:9
- The floods have lifted up their voice . — ''Psalms 93:3
- O Marcus, I am warm’d; my heart Leaps at the trumpet’s voice . — (Joseph Addison)
- I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice ; for I stand in doubt of you. — ''Galatians 4:20
- My voice is in my sword. — Shakespeare, Macbeth, V-vii
- Let us call on God in the voice of his church. —
- Sicinius''. How now, my masters! have you chose this man? / ''1st Citizen''. He has our voices , sir. — Shakespeare, ''Coriolanus, II-iii
- Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice / Of holy senates, and elect by voice . — (John Dryden)
- So shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God. — Deuteronomy 8:20
- A potent voice of Parliament. — (Alfred Tennyson)
- The theme of this piece constantly migrates between the three voice parts.
Synonyms
* (sound of human speech) (l), (l) * (opinion) (l), (l), (l)Derived terms
* active voice * chest voice * devoice * head voice * middle voice * passive voice * tone of voice * voiced stop * voice glide * voice of the toothless one * voice recognition * with one voiceVerb
(voic)- Rather assume thy right in silence and . . . then voice it with claims and challenges. —
- It was voiced that the king purposed to put to death Edward Plantagenet. —
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boom
English
(wikipedia boom)Etymology 1
Onomatopoetic, perhaps borrowed; compare German (m), Dutch (m).Verb
(en verb)- Thunder boomed in the distance and lightning flashes lit up the horizon.
- The cannon boomed , recoiled, and spewed a heavy smoke cloud.
- Beneath the cliff, the sea was booming on the rocks.
- I can hear the organ slowly booming from the chapel.
- Men in grey robes slowly booming the drums of death.
- If you pull this off every paper in England and America will be booming you.
- She comes booming down before it.
Derived terms
* boom box * sonic boomNoun
(en noun)- ''The boom of the surf.
- Interestingly, the blue monkey's boom and pyow calls are both long-distance signals (Brown, 1989), yet the two calls differ in respect to their susceptibility to habitat-induced degradation.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) . Compare English (m).Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- to boom''' out a sail; to '''boom off a boat
Etymology 3
Or uncertain origin; perhaps a development of Etymology 1, above.Antonyms
* (period of prosperity) recessionVerb
(en verb)- ''Business was booming .
- to boom railroad or mining shares