different between clash vs chime

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic origin. Compare German klatschen (“to clap, smack, slap”) and Klatsch (“a clapping sound; the din resulting from two or more things colliding”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kla?/, /klæ?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /klæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

clash (countable and uncountable, plural clashes)

1. (onomatopoeia) A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects.

   I heard a clash from the kitchen, and rushed in to find the cat had knocked over some pots and pans.

2. (military) A skirmish, a hostile encounter.
3. (sports) a match; a game between two sides.
4. An angry argument
5. Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.

   a clash of beliefs

   a personality clash

6. A combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours.

   She was wearing a horrible clash of red and orange.

7. (hurling) An instance of restarting the game after a "dead ball", where it is dropped between two opposing players, who can fight for possession.
8. (Scotland) Chatter; gossip; idle talk.

Translations

Verb

clash (third-person singular simple present clashes, present participle clashing, simple past and past participle clashed)

1. (intransitive) To make a clashing sound.

   The cymbals clashed.

2. (transitive) To cause to make a clashing sound.
3. To come into violent conflict.

   Fans from opposing teams clashed on the streets after the game.

4. (intransitive) To argue angrily.

   My parents often clashed about minor things, such as the cleaning or shopping rota.

5. (intransitive, in games or sports) To face each other in an important game.
6. (intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.

   You can't wear that shirt! It clashes with your trousers.

   The hotel room was ugly, and the wallpaper clashed with the carpet.

7. (intransitive, of events) To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.

   I can't come to your wedding because it clashes with a friend's funeral.

   I wanted to take German, but it clashed with art on the timetable.

8. (intransitive, Scotland) To chatter or gossip.

Translations

Related terms

• clashy
• electroclash
• soundclash

Anagrams

• chals

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?a?m/
• Rhymes: -a?m

Etymology 1

From Middle English chime, chim, chimbe, chymbe, a shortening of chimbelle (misinterpreted as chymme-belle, chimbe-belle), from Old English ?imbala, ?imbal (“cymbal”), from Latin cymbalum.

Noun

chime (plural chimes)

1. (music) A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.

2. An individual ringing component of such a set.

3. A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.

4. The sound of such an instrument or device.

5. A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.

Synonyms

Derived terms

• chimist
• clock chime

Translations

Verb

chime (third-person singular simple present chimes, present participle chiming, simple past and past participle chimed)

1. (intransitive) To make the sound of a chime.

2. (transitive) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.

   • And chime their sounding hammers.

3. (transitive) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
   • 1809, Lord Byron, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers

     Chime his childish verse.

4. (intransitive) To agree; to correspond.

   • Everything chimed in with such a humor.

5. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
   • a. 1667, Abraham Cowley, Ode Upon Liberty

     It shall not keep one settled pace of time,
     In the same tune it shall not always chime

Translations

Derived terms

• chime in, chime up

Etymology 2

Noun

chime (plural chimes)

1. Alternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.”)

Anagrams

• Chiem, chemi-, hemic, miche

Irish

Noun

chime m

1. Lenited form of cime.

Japanese

Romanization

chime

1. R?maji transcription of ??