different between cannonade vs hubbub

English

Etymology

From French canonnade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæn??ne?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Noun

cannonade (plural cannonades)

1. The firing of artillery for a length of time.
   • 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II

     A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted town.

2. (figuratively) A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.

   • Blue Walden rolls its cannonade.

Translations

Verb

cannonade (third-person singular simple present cannonades, present participle cannonading, simple past and past participle cannonaded)

1. To discharge artillery fire upon.

English

Alternative forms

• whobub (obsolete)

Etymology

Mid 16^thc. Perhaps from Irish; compare Irish ababú!, abú! (battle-cry), Gaelic ub! ub! (expressing contempt, etc.), ubh ubh! (expressing disgust).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?b?b/

Noun

hubbub (plural hubbubs)

1. A confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.

   • Of stunning sounds and voices all confused,

     Borne through the hollow dark, assaults his ear

     With loudest vehemence.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:commotion

Translations

Verb

hubbub (third-person singular simple present hubbubs, present participle hubbubing or hubbubbing, simple past and past participle hubbubed or hubbubbed)

1. (intransitive) To cause a tumult or racket.
   • 2016, Daniel Gray, Saturday, 3pm: 50 Eternal Delights of Modern Football

     It becomes a grotto, hubbubbing with more noise than any class on a school visit could make, the air mobbed by breathless chatter about life and the transfer window.