different between clangour vs commotion
clangour
English
Alternative forms
- clangor (US, Canadian)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klæ???/, /?klæ????/
- Rhymes: -æ??(r), -æ???(r)
Noun
clangour (countable and uncountable, plural clangours)
- (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.
- 1920, D. H. Lawrence, Women in Love, Chapter XXIV: Death and Love,
Derived terms
- clangorous
- clangorously
Translations
Verb
clangour (third-person singular simple present clangours, present participle clangouring, simple past and past participle clangoured)
- (Britain, Canada) To make a clanging sound.
Translations
clangour From the web:
- what clangour mean
- what does clamour mean
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commotion
English
Etymology
From Middle French commocion, from Latin comm?ti?nem, accusative singular of comm?ti?, from comm?tus, perfect passive participle of commove?.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k??m??.??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /k??mo?.??n/
- Rhymes: -????n, -o???n
Noun
commotion (countable and uncountable, plural commotions)
- A state of turbulent motion.
- An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.
- (euphemistic) Sexual excitement.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:commotion
Derived terms
- commotional
Related terms
Translations
French
Pronunciation
Noun
commotion f (plural commotions)
- A violent collision or shock; concussion
- shock, surprise
Further reading
- “commotion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
commotion From the web:
- what commotion means
- what commotion does the bird create
- what commotion is being referred to
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