different between rasp vs buzz

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æsp/, /???sp/
• Rhymes: -æsp, -??sp

Etymology 1

From Middle English raspen, partly from Middle Dutch raspen and partly from Old French rasper; both ultimately from Frankish *hrasp?n, from Proto-Germanic *hrasp?n?, related to Proto-Germanic *hrespan? (“to tear”). Compare Old High German rasp?n (“to scrape”), Old English ?ehrespan (“to tear”).The noun is from Middle French raspe.

Noun

rasp (plural rasps)

1. A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
2. The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.

Hypernyms

• file

Translations

Verb

rasp (third-person singular simple present rasps, present participle rasping, simple past and past participle rasped)

1. (intransitive) To use a rasp.
2. (intransitive) To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
3. (transitive) To work something with a rasp.

4. (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.

Translations

Etymology 2

From raspberry.

Noun

rasp (plural rasps)

1. (obsolete) The raspberry.

Hypernyms

• berry

Anagrams

• APRs, Arps, PSRA, RAPs, arps, pars, raps, sapr-, spar

Dutch

Etymology

From Old French raspe (“steel file”); see modern French râper (“to grate”).

Pronunciation

Noun

rasp f (plural raspen, diminutive raspje n)

1. grater, for example for cheese
2. surform tool

Verb

rasp

1. first-person singular present indicative of raspen
2. imperative of raspen

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

rasp

1. imperative of raspe

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?z, IPA^(key): /b?z/
• Hyphenation: buzz
• Rhymes: -?z

Noun

buzz (countable and uncountable, plural buzzes)

1. A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.
2. A whisper.
3. The audible friction of voice consonants.
4. (informal) A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.

   Still feeling the buzz from the coffee, he pushed through the last of the homework.

5. (informal) A telephone call or e-mail.
6. (informal) Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.
   • 2006 Sept. 6, Daren Fonda, "Ford Motor's New Chief: "I Think It's a Tough Situation"," Time:

     In Detroit, the buzz is that he's too nice a guy, unwilling to impose draconian job cuts at the risk of angering the UAW.

   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):

     Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Who's he?

     Patrick: He's only the most popular kid in school.

     Allen Gregory: Ah, the two heavyweights finally meet. Sure you're tired of all the buzz. Allen Gregory DeLongpre.

     Joel Zadak: Joel...Zadak!

Translations

Verb

buzz (third-person singular simple present buzzes, present participle buzzing, simple past and past participle buzzed)

1. (intransitive) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.
   • 1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha

     Like a wasp it buzzed, and stung him.

   • 1922, D. H. Lawrence, Fantasia of the Unconscious, ch. 2:

     So that now the universe has escaped from the pin which was pushed through it, like an impaled fly vainly buzzing, […] we can hope also to escape.

   1. (by extension) To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.
   2. Of a group of people, to talk about some interesting topic excitedly.
   3. (chiefly of an insect) To fly while making such a sound.
      • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, ch. 20:

        The flies, lethargic with the autumn, were beginning to buzz into the room.

2. (colloquial) To show a high level of activity and haste, energization or excitement, to be busy as a bee in one’s actions but perhaps mentally charged.
3. (transitive) To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.
4. (transitive) To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.
5. (aviation) To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise pass.
   • 2013, The Economist, Stopping asteroid strikes: Defenders of the Earth

     […] an asteroid a mere 15-20 metres across exploded with the force of a medium-sized atom bomb over Chelyabinsk, in Russia, and another, much larger one buzzed Earth a few hours later.

6. (transitive) To cut the hair in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut.
   • 2012, Ellen Hartman, Out of Bounds (page 130)

     Deacon said, “You used to beg me to let you buzz your hair when you were little.” “And then I grew up and realized how awful you looked when you buzzed yours.”

7. (archaic, transitive) To drink to the bottom.
   • 1849, The New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register

     He buzzed the bottle with such a hearty good will as settled the fate of another, which Soapey rang for as a matter of course. There was but the rejected one, which however Spigot put into a different decanter and brought in […]

8. (transitive) To communicate with (a person) by means of a buzzer.
   • 2012, Steven Joseph Sinopoli, The Seventh House (page 66)

     Then one day my secretary buzzed me and said Frank Sinatra was on the phone. When I picked up the phone it was the Chief who played dumb and would not admit that he said he was Frank Sinatra.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:buzz.

Translations

Derived terms

• abuzz
• buzzword

Related terms

• buzz cut
• buzz saw

Further reading

• buzz on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From English buzz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bøz/, /byz/

Noun

buzz m (uncountable)

1. buzz (excitement)