different between clang vs tintinnabulate
clang
English
Etymology
1570, of imitative origin; Compare also Saterland Frisian Kloang, West Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from klingen), Danish and Swedish klang, Latin clangere.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kl?ng, IPA(key): /klæ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Noun
clang (plural clangs)
- A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.
- Quality of tone.
- The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
- (psychology, psychiatry) A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- For much of this day, Mrs Y. wrote in her diary, covering page after page in a rapid scrawl full of paligraphic repetitions, puns, clangs, and violent, perseverative crossings-out […]
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- (music) Alternative form of klang
Translations
Verb
clang (third-person singular simple present clangs, present participle clanging, simple past and past participle clanged)
- (transitive) To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.
- (intransitive) To give out a clang; to resound.
Derived terms
- clanger
- clanging
- clangy
Translations
clang From the web:
- what clang means
- what clangers meaning
- what clan does
- what clangor mean
- what clang association mean
- what clan do i have
- what clangour mean
- clangers what are they
tintinnabulate
English
Etymology
Latin tintinnabulatus ("furnished with a bell or bells"), from tintinnabulum ("a bell"). Akin to tinnitus.
Verb
tintinnabulate (third-person singular simple present tintinnabulates, present participle tintinnabulating, simple past and past participle tintinnabulated)
- To ring, tinkle, toll, or otherwise sound like bells.
Related terms
- tintinnabulation
- tintinnabulum
Translations
tintinnabulate From the web:
- what does tintinnabulation mean
- what is the meaning of tintinnabulation
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