different between thunder vs dispute

English

Etymology

From Middle English thunder, thonder, thundre, thonre, thunnere, þunre, from Old English þunor (“thunder”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunr, from Proto-Germanic *þunraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ten-, *(s)tenh?- (“to thunder”).

Compare astound, astonish, stun. Germanic cognates include West Frisian tonger, Dutch donder, German Donner, Old Norse Þórr (English Thor), Danish torden, Norwegian Nynorsk tore. Other cognates include Persian ????? (tondar), Latin ton?, deton?, Ancient Greek ????? (stén?), ??????? (stenáz?), ?????? (stónos), ??????? (Stént?r), Irish torann, Welsh taran, Gaulish Taranis. Doublet of donner.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???nd?/
• (General American) enPR: th?n?d?r, IPA^(key): /???nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
• Hyphenation: thun?der

Noun

thunder (countable and uncountable, plural thunders)

1. The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.

2. A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder.

3. An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.
   • 1847, William H. Prescott, A History of the Conquest of Peru

     The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike into the heart of princes.

4. (obsolete) The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
5. (figuratively) The spotlight.

Usage notes

• roll, clap, peal are some of the words used to count thunder e.g. A series of rolls/claps/peals of thunder were heard

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• lightning

Descendants

• Tagalog: tanda

Verb

thunder (third-person singular simple present thunders, present participle thundering, simple past and past participle thundered)

1. To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; often used impersonally.

2. (intransitive) To make a noise like thunder.

3. (intransitive) To talk with a loud, threatening voice.
4. (transitive) To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.

5. To produce something with incredible power

Conjugation

Derived terms

• (to say something with a loud, threatening voice): thunderer

Translations

See also

• thundering

Middle English

Noun

thunder

1. Alternative form of thonder

English

Etymology

From Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer (French disputer), from Latin disput?re (“to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate”), from dis- (“apart”) + put?re (“to reckon, consider, think, originally make clean, clear up”), related to purus (“pure”). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?s.pju?t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /d?s?pju?t/
• (verb)
  • IPA^(key): /d?s?pju?t/
• Rhymes: -u?t

Noun

dispute (plural disputes)

1. An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
2. (uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.

   • Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:dispute

Translations

Verb

dispute (third-person singular simple present disputes, present participle disputing, simple past and past participle disputed)

1. (intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
2. (transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss

3. to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
   • 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.

     to seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance

4. to strive or contend about; to contest
   • 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II

     to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards

5. (obsolete) to struggle against; to resist

Derived terms

• industrial dispute

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Latin disput?re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.pyt/

Noun

dispute f (plural disputes)

1. dispute

Related terms

• disputer

Descendants

• ? Romanian: disput?

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• stupide

Italian

Noun

dispute f

1. plural of disputa

Anagrams

• stupide

Portuguese

Verb

dispute

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of disputar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of disputar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of disputar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of disputar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [di?spute]

Noun

dispute f

1. indefinite plural of disput?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of disput?

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis?pute/, [d?is?pu.t?e]

Verb

dispute

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of disputar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of disputar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of disputar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of disputar.