different between concussion vs reverberation

English

Etymology

From concuss +? -ion From the Latin concussio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?k???n/, /k?n?k??n/

Noun

concussion (countable and uncountable, plural concussions)

1. A violent collision or shock.
2. (uncountable in Commonwealth of Nations, countable in Canada, US) An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.
3. (law, civil law) The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value.

   • Then Concussion, Rapine, Pillories, / Their Catalogue of Accusations fill.

Derived terms

• concussion fuse
• concussion grenade

Related terms

• concuss
• quash

Translations

French

Noun

concussion f (plural concussions)

1. political corruption, misappropriation

Further reading

• “concussion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• reverbation (rare)

Etymology

From Old French reverberation, from Medieval Latin reverberatio.Morphologically reverberate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?v??(?)b??e???n/, /???v??(?)b??e???n/, /???v??(?)b??e???n/

Noun

reverberation (countable and uncountable, plural reverberations)

1. A violent oscillation or vibration.

   The discomfort caused by the bat's reverberation surprised Tommy.

2. An echo, or a series of overlapping echoes.

   The reverberation that followed Marilyn's shout filled the cavern.

3. The reflection of light or heat; a reflection in, or as though in, a mirror.

   Like the several reverberations of the same image from two opposite looking glasses.

4. (chiefly in the plural) An evolving series of effects resulting from a particular event; a repercussion.

   Reverberations from the Vietnam war affect our society to this day.

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “reverberation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN