different between cannonade vs vociferation

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.

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Verb

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

1. To discharge artillery fire upon.

English

Etymology

From Latin v?cifer?ti?, from v?ciferor (“shout”), from v?x (“voice”) + fer? (“carry”); compare French vocifération.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v???s?f.???e?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /vo??s?f.???e?.??n/

Noun

vociferation (plural vociferations)

1. The act of exclaiming; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.
   • 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History

     Crack go the whips; but twenty Patriot arms have seized each of the eight bridles: there is rearing, rocking, vociferation; not the smallest headway.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:vociferation.

Related terms

• vociferate
• vociferative
• vociferous
• vociferously

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