different between clangour vs clank

English

Alternative forms

• clangor (US, Canadian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klæ???/, /?klæ????/
• Rhymes: -æ??(r), -æ???(r)

Noun

clangour (countable and uncountable, plural clangours)

1. (Britain, Canada) A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.
   • 1920, D. H. Lawrence, Women in Love, Chapter XXIV: Death and Love,

     And always, as the dark, inchoate eyes turned to him, there passed through Gerald's bowels a burning stroke of revolt, that seemed to resound through his whole being, threatening to break his mind with its clangour, and making him mad.

Derived terms

• clangorous
• clangorously

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Verb

clangour (third-person singular simple present clangours, present participle clangouring, simple past and past participle clangoured)

1. (Britain, Canada) To make a clanging sound.

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klæ?k/
• Rhymes: -æ?k

Noun

clank (plural clanks)

1. A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.

Usage notes

• Clank usually expresses a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.

Derived terms

• clankless
• clanky

Translations

Verb

clank (third-person singular simple present clanks, present participle clanking, simple past and past participle clanked)

1. (intransitive) To make a clanking sound

   The chains clanked.

2. (transitive) To cause to sound with a clank.

   The prisoners clank their chains.

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