different between clank vs tolling

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.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English tolling.

Verb

tolling

1. present participle of toll

Noun

tolling (plural tollings)

1. The act by which a bell is tolled.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From tollen (“to bring”) +? -ing (“gerund ending”).

Alternative forms

• tollynge, tollingue, tollunge, tolyng

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?lin?/

Noun

tolling (plural tollynges)

2. (rare) convincing; attraction or captivation
3. (rare) tempting; the act of incitement
4. (rare) dragging, forcibly taking along
5. (rare) (a bell) striking, ringing

Descendants

• English: tolling

References

• “tolling(e, ger.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-03.

Etymology 2

Noun

tolling

2. Alternative form of tollynge (“tax collection”)