The difference between Din and Drum

When used as nouns, din means a loud noise, whereas drum means a percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber, affecting what materials are used to make it.

When used as verbs, din means to make a din, to resound, whereas drum means to beat a drum.

check bellow for the other definitions of Din and Drum

  1. Din as a noun:

    A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.

  1. Din as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a din, to resound.

  2. Din as a verb (intransitive):

    (of a place) To be filled with sound, to resound.

  3. Din as a verb (transitive):

    To assail (a person, the ears) with loud noise.

  4. Din as a verb (transitive):

    To repeat continuously, as though to the point of deafening or exhausting somebody.

  1. Drum as a noun:

    A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber, affecting what materials are used to make it; a membranophone.

  2. Drum as a noun:

    Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.

  3. Drum as a noun:

    In particular, a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.

    Examples:

    "The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums."

  4. Drum as a noun (obsolete, _, or, _, historical):

    A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.

  5. Drum as a noun (architecture):

    The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola

  6. Drum as a noun (architecture):

    Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar

  7. Drum as a noun:

    A drumfish.

  8. Drum as a noun (slang, UK):

    A person's home.

  9. Drum as a noun (AU, _, slang):

    A tip, a piece of information.

  1. Drum as a verb (intransitive):

    To beat a drum.

  2. Drum as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.

    Examples:

    "The ruffed grouse drums with his wings."

  3. Drum as a verb (transitive):

    To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.

    Examples:

    "He’s still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head."

  4. Drum as a verb:

    To throb, as the heart.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  5. Drum as a verb:

    To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.

  1. Drum as a noun:

    A small hill or ridge of hills.

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