different between clangour vs ringing

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

Translations

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.

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??????/
• Rhymes: -????

Noun

ringing (countable and uncountable, plural ringings)

1. The sound of something that rings.
2. The quality of being resonant.
3. A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings.
4. The theft of cars and illegally changing their identities for resale.

Synonyms

• (technique used in the study of birds): banding

Translations

Adjective

ringing (comparative more ringing, superlative most ringing)

1. Loud and clear.
2. Made forcefully; powerful.

Translations

Verb

ringing

1. present participle of ring

Anagrams

• girning