buzz vs clarion

buzz

verb
  • To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice. 

  • To fly while making such a sound. 

  • 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. 

  • Of a group of people, to talk about some interesting topic excitedly. 

  • To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly. 

  • To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. 

  • To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise pass. 

  • To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice. 

  • To cut the hair in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut. 

  • To communicate with (a person) by means of a buzzer. 

noun
  • Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes. 

  • Synonym of fizz-buzz (“counting game”) 

  • The audible friction of voiced consonants. 

  • A whisper. 

  • A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication. 

  • A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones. 

  • A telephone call or e-mail. 

clarion

verb
  • Of a thing: to cause (a place) to echo with a sound like that of a clarion. 

  • To announce or herald (something) using a clarion (noun sense 1). 

  • To sound a clarion; also, to make a high-pitched, piercing sound like that of a clarion. 

  • To announce or herald (something) clearly, especially so as to stir or unite people. 

adj
  • Of a sound, a voice, a message, etc.: brilliantly clear. 

noun
  • An organ stop consisting of pipes with reeds giving a high-pitched note like that of a clarion (sense 1). 

  • A charge thought to represent a type of wind instrument, a keyboard instrument like a spinet, or perhaps a rest used by a knight to support a lance during jousting. 

  • A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound. 

  • The sound of a clarion (sense 1), or any sound resembling the loud, high-pitched note of a clarion. 

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