different between powerful vs stentor

English

Alternative forms

• powreful, powrefull (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English pouerful, powarfull, equivalent to power +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pa??f?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pa??f?l/
• Hyphenation: pow?er?ful

Adjective

powerful (comparative more powerful or powerfuller or powerfuler, superlative most powerful or powerfullest or powerfulest)

1. Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
2. (mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.

Synonyms

• mightful
• mighty
• powersome
• strengthful
• strong
• forceful

Antonyms

• powerless
• strengthless

Translations

See also

• strong

Adverb

powerful (comparative more powerful, superlative most powerful)

1. (Southern US) Synonym of very

Anagrams

• powreful

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Stent?r, from Ancient Greek ??????? (Stént?r), the name of a herald in the Iliad who had a loud voice.

Noun

stentor (plural stentors)

1. A person with a powerful or stentorian voice.
   • 1609, Ben Jonson, Epicoene Act IV, Scene II, 1989, Johanna Procter (editor), The Selected Plays of Ben Jonson, Volume 1, page 381,

     Rogues, hellhounds, Stentors, out of my doors, you sons of noise and tumult, begot on an ill May Day, or when the galley-foist is afloat to Westminster!

2. Any protozoan of the genus Stentor.
   • 1894, James H. Logan, Observations on Amœba and Stentor, Western Druggist, Volume 16, page 7,

     Ere long a solitary amœba and stentor were found engaged in a struggle, which continued for some time with varying success, finally ending with the escape of the latter.

   • 1943, The Biological Review, Volumes 5-18, page 15,

     When the stentors become too numerous it is a simple matter to subdivide the culture and add the requisite amount of spring water to each culture.

   • 2004, Helen Saul, Phobias: Fighting the Fear, page 42,

     It can be an irritant even for humans and is certainly toxic to tiny animals like stentor. He added carmine to the water tank in which the stentor was living, and simply watched to see what happened.

3. A part of the amplification system of a carillon.
   • 1956, College and University Business, Volume 21, page 65,

     The unit is completely automatic in operation and tower stentors, matching the power output of the amplifier, are provided for roof or tower mounting.

4. A howler monkey.

Derived terms

• stentorian

References

Anagrams

• snotter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Stent?r, from Ancient Greek ??????? (Stént?r), the name of a herald in the Iliad who had a loud voice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??.t??/

Noun

stentor m (plural stentors)

1. stentor

Further reading

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