Whisper vs Boom - What's the difference?
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The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords.
* 1883 , :
(usually in plural) A rumor.
(figurative) A faint trace or hint (of something).
(internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room.
* 2002 , Ralph Schroeder, The Social Life of Avatars (page 218)
* 2004 , Caroline A. Haythornthwaite, Michelle M. Kazmer, Learning, Culture and Community in Online Education (page 179)
To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.
To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.
* Bentley
To make a low, sibilant sound.
* Thomson
To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
* Bible, Psalms xli. 7
(obsolete) To address in a whisper, or low voice.
* Shakespeare
* Keble
(obsolete) To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.
* Shakespeare
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.
Whisper is a related term of boom.
As nouns the difference between whisper and boom
is that whisper is the act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords while boom is .As a verb whisper
is to speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.whisper
English
Noun
(Whispering) (en noun)- "Now, look here, Jim Hawkins," he said, in a steady whisper , that was no more than audible.
- There are whispers of rebellion all around.
- The soup had just a whisper of basil.
- The invisibility of private interactions in the form of whispers resolved an ethical concern in the research but reduced our ability to gauge the volume of interaction
- Anyone logged in to the chat room can click on an individual name, highlighting it, and send a message — a whisper — that will be seen only by the selected person.
Derived terms
* stage whisper * whisper campaignVerb
(en verb)- They might buzz and whisper it one to another.
- the hollow, whispering breeze
- All that hate me whisper together against me.
- and whisper one another in the ear
- where gentlest breezes whisper souls distressed
- He came to whisper Wolsey.
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