reverberate vs ricochet

reverberate

verb
  • To rebound or recoil. 

  • To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat. 

  • To ring or sound with many echos. 

  • To have a lasting effect. 

  • To send or force back; to repel from side to side. 

  • To repeatedly return. 

  • To fuse by reverberated heat. 

  • To shine or reflect (from a surface, etc.). 

adj
  • Driven back, as sound; reflected. 

  • reverberant 

ricochet

verb
  • To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction. 

  • To operate upon by ricochet firing. 

noun
  • A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface. 

  • An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound. 

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