different between noise vs quarrel

English

Etymology

From Middle English noise, from Old French noise (“a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”), of uncertain origin. According to some, from Latin nausia, nausea (“disgust, nausea”); according to others, from Latin noxia (“hurt, harm, damage, injury”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense.

Pronunciation

• enPR: noiz, IPA^(key): /n??z/
• Rhymes: -??z
• Homophone: Noyes

Noun

noise (countable and uncountable, plural noises)

1. (uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
2. Any sound.

3. Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
4. (technology) Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.

   signal-to-noise ratio
5. (figuratively, by extension) Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity.
6. (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
7. Rumour or complaint.
   • 1709-1710, Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning

     What noise have we had for fome Years about Transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood!

   • October 13, 1711, Joseph Addison, The Spectator, No. 195

     He [Socrates] lived in Athens during the great plague, which has made so much noise through all ages.

8. (obsolete) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
   • 1621, Ben Jonson, The Gypsies Metamorphosed

     The king has his noise of gypsies.
9. (music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.

Synonyms

• (Various sounds): sound

Hyponyms

• (Various sounds): bang, boom, crash, thud

Derived terms

• background noise
• big noise
• noise footprint
• noise gate
• noiseless, noiselessly, noiselessness
• noises off
• noise pollution
• noisy, noisily
• pink noise
• shot noise
• signal-to-noise
• surface noise
• white noise

Translations

References

(Genetics meaning) "Noise in Gene Expression: Origins, Consequences, and Control." Jonathan M. Raser and Erin K. O'Shea (2005). Science. 309(5743):2010-2013.

Verb

noise (third-person singular simple present noises, present participle noising, simple past and past participle noised)

1. (intransitive) To make a noise; to sound.
2. (transitive) To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts II:

     When this was noysed aboute, the multitude cam togedder and were astonyed, because that every man herde them speake in his awne tongue.

Translations

Further reading

• noise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• noise in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• noise at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• NESOI, Senoi, eosin, onsie

French

Etymology

From Old French noise, possibly from Latin nausia, nausea, or alternatively noxia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nwaz/

Noun

noise f (plural noises)

1. (archaic or literary) quarrel, argument

Derived terms

• chercher des noises

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• noies

Middle French

Etymology

Old French noise.

Noun

noise f (plural noises)

1. noise

Descendants

• French: noise

Old French

Etymology

Origin uncertain; according to some, from Latin nausia, nausea (“disgust, nausea”), compare Old Occitan nauza (“noise, quarrel”); according to others, from Latin noxia (“hurt, harm, damage, injury”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?noi?.z?]

Noun

noise f (oblique plural noises, nominative singular noise, nominative plural noises)

1. dispute, argument
2. noise, sound

Descendants

• English: noise
• French: noise

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kw??(?)l/
• (US) enPR: 'kwôr?l, 'kw?r?l, IPA^(key): /?kw???l/, /?kw?-/
• Rhymes: -???l
• Hyphenation: quar?rel

Etymology 1

From Middle English querele (“altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed combat; trial by combat; basis for dispute, complaint; claim, legal suit; a lament; illness”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman querele [and other forms] and Middle French querele, querelle (“altercation, dispute; basis for dispute; side in a dispute; complaint; accusation; legal suit; lament; problem”) (modern French querelle), and from their etymon Latin quer?la, querella (“dispute; argument; complaint, grievance; legal complaint; lament; illness”), from quer? + -?la, -ella (suffix forming nouns). Quer? is the present active infinitive of queror (“to complain; to bewail, lament; to be indignant”), from Proto-Indo-European *?wes- (“to puff; to sigh”).

The word had replaced Old English sacan (“basis for dispute”) by 1340.

Noun

quarrel (plural quarrels)

1. A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dispute
2. Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.
3. (rare) A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.

Alternative forms

• quarrell (obsolete)

Related terms

• querent

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English querelen (“to dispute, quarrel; to assert one's claims; to rebel”) [and other forms], from querele (noun); see etymology 1. Compare Anglo-Norman, Middle French, and Old French quereler, quereller (“to argue with, dispute; to criticize; to bring a legal suit”) (modern French quereller (“to quarrel, squabble”)).

Verb

quarrel (third-person singular simple present quarrels, present participle (UK) quarrelling or (US) quarreling, simple past and past participle (UK) quarrelled or (US) quarreled)

1. (intransitive, also figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.
2. (intransitive) To find fault; to cavil.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) Followed by at: to disagree with; to take offence.
4. (transitive, obsolete except Scotland) To argue or squabble with (someone).

Conjugation

Alternative forms

• quarrell (obsolete)

Derived terms

• quarreler, quarreller
• quarrelsome

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English quarrel (“bolt for an arbalest, crossbow, or siege engine; (figurative) seductive glance, temptation to sin; needle (possibly one square in cross-section); small (perhaps square-shaped) opening in window tracery; a cushion (perhaps square-shaped)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman quarel, quarele, quarrel, Middle French quarrel, and Old French quarel, quarrel, carrel (“crossbow bolt; floor tile or paving stone (rectangular- or square-shaped); small glass pane for windows”) (modern French carreau (“crossbow bolt; a tile; windowpane; a square”)), from Late Latin quarellus, quadrellus (“crossbow bolt; paving stone; a tile”), from Latin quadrum (“a square; square section; regular shape or form”) + -ellus (variant of -ulus (suffix forming diminutive nouns, indicating small size or youth)). Quadrum is ultimately derived from quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?etwóres (“four”).

Noun

quarrel (countable and uncountable, plural quarrels)

1. (countable, archery, historical) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest (“a late, large type of crossbow”), traditionally with the head square in its cross section.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) carrel, quarry
2. (countable, architecture) A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window.

   Synonym: quarry

3. (countable, Northern England, architecture) A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively.

   Synonym: (archaic) quarry

4. (countable, obsolete, rare) A cutting tool or chisel with a diamond- or square-shaped end.
5. (countable, architecture, obsolete) A small square-shaped opening in window tracery.

Related terms

• quarl
• quarry

Translations

References

Further reading

• quarrel (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• crossbow bolt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia