buzz vs voice

buzz

noun
  • The audible friction of voiced consonants. 

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

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

  • 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. 

verb
  • 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 utter a murmuring sound; to speak with 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. 

voice

noun
  • Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants. 

  • Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character 

  • The tone or sound emitted by an object 

  • That which is communicated; message; meaning. 

  • An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered 

  • A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling. 

  • A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses. 

  • In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition. 

  • A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel. 

  • One who speaks; a speaker. 

  • The faculty or power of utterance 

verb
  • To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel. 

  • To act as a voice actor to portray a character. 

  • To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of 

  • To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce 

  • To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath. 

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