different between squelch vs suppress

English

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps a blend of squash +? quell +? quench. Compare also English squolsh, English squoosh.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /?skw?lt?/
• Rhymes: -?lt?

Verb

squelch (third-person singular simple present squelches, present participle squelching, simple past and past participle squelched)

1. (transitive, US) to halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force

   Even the king’s announcement could not squelch the rumors.

   • Oh 'twas your luck and mine to be squelched.

   • If you deceive us you will be squelched.

2. (transitive, radio technology) to suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting a threshold level for signal strength, below which the signal is suppressed by applying a gain of zero, and above which a positive (and linear from zero) gain is applied.
3. (intransitive, Britain) to make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground

   The mud squelched underfoot; it had been raining all night.
4. (intransitive, Britain) to walk or step through a substance such as mud

   The mud was thick and sticky underfoot, but we squelched through it nonetheless.

Synonyms

• (to halt): quash

Translations

Noun

squelch (countable and uncountable, plural squelches)

1. (countable) A squelching sound.
2. (radio technology) The suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver.
3. (countable, dated) A heavy blow or fall.
4. (countable, music) A kind of electronic beat used in acid house and related music genres.
   • 1998, Colin Larkin, The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (page 91)

     Through a process of experimentation the 'acid squelch' sound came forth, which was recorded and passed on to DJ Ron Hardy to play at his Warehouse club.

Derived terms

• break squelch
• squelchy

Translations

English

Etymology

Latin suppressus, perfect passive participle of supprim? (“press down or under”), from sub (“under”) + prem? (“press”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??p??s/
• Rhymes: -?s
• Hyphenation: sup?press

Verb

suppress (third-person singular simple present suppresses, present participle suppressing, simple past and past participle suppressed)

1. To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.

   Political dissent was brutally suppressed.

2. To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.

   I struggled to suppress my smile.

3. (psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.

   He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.

4. To prevent publication.

   The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.

5. To stop a flow or stream.

   The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole.

   Hot blackcurrant juice mixed with honey may suppress cough.

6. (US, law) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
7. (electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
8. (obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.

Derived terms

• suppression
• suppressor

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• press-ups