different between garish vs cacophony

English

Etymology

Of unknown origin, possibly from obsolete Middle English gawren (“to stare”) which is of uncertain origin, probably from Old Norse gá (“to watch, heed”) or gaurr (“rough fellow”) (Proto-Indo-European *g?ow-rós, from *g?ew- (“to be angry”)). Compare with English gaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???????/

Adjective

garish (comparative more garish, superlative most garish)

1. Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste. [from 1540s]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gaudy

Derived terms

• garishly
• garishness

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Anagrams

• Harigs, girahs, girsha

English

Etymology

From French cacophonie, from Ancient Greek ????????? (kakoph?nía), from ????? (kakós, “bad”) + ???? (ph?n?, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??k?f?ni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k??k?f?ni/

Noun

cacophony (countable and uncountable, plural cacophonies)

1. A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
   • 1921-1922, H. P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator,

     Not more unutterable could have been the chaos of hellish sound if the pit itself had opened to release the agony of the damned, for in one inconceivable cacophony was centered all the supernal terror and unnatural despair of animate nature.

Antonyms

• euphony
• harmony

Derived terms

• cacophonic
• cacophonous
• castrophony

Related terms

• anthropophony
• cacophonous
• dissonance
• harmony

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