different between thrill vs atmosphere

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l/
  • (UK, US) IPA^(key): [??????]
  • (Ireland) IPA^(key): [?????l], [t?????l]
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

From Old English þ?rlian (“to pierce”), derived from þ?rel (“hole”) (archaic English thirl).

Verb

thrill (third-person singular simple present thrills, present participle thrilling, simple past and past participle thrilled)

1. (ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
   • 1854, Matthew Arnold, Preface to Poems

     vivid and picturesque turns of expression […] which thrill the reader with a sudden delight
2. (ergative) To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
3. (obsolete) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
4. (obsolete) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
   • 1632, Thomas Heywood, The Iron Age

     I'd thrill my jauelin at the Grecian moysture

Derived terms

• enthrill

Translations

Noun

thrill (plural thrills)

1. A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion.
2. A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
3. (medicine) A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
4. A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Blend of thread (verb) +? drill (verb).

Verb

thrill (third-person singular simple present thrills, present participle thrilling, simple past and past participle thrilled)

1. (machining) To drill and thread in one operation, using a tool bit that cuts the hole and the threads in one series of computer-controlled movements.

English

Alternative forms

• atmosphære (archaic)

Etymology

From French atmosphère, from New Latin atmosphaera, from Ancient Greek ????? (atmós, “steam”) + Ancient Greek ?????? (sphaîra, “sphere”); corresponding to atmo- +? -sphere.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æt.m?s?f??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ætm?s?f??/

Noun

atmosphere (countable and uncountable, plural atmospheres)

1. The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.

   Coordinate terms: hydrosphere, biosphere

   Meronyms: see Thesaurus:atmosphere

2. The air in a particular place.

   • Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].

3. (figuratively) The apparent mood felt in an environment.

   Synonyms: air, ambiance, feeling, mood

4. A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm)
5. (television, film, uncountable) Extras in a scene who have no spoken lines.

Related terms

• atmospheric
• atmospherics

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• ambiance, ambience
• mood