The difference between Mouth and Trumpet

When used as nouns, mouth means the opening of a creature through which food is ingested, whereas trumpet means a musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of b-flat.

When used as verbs, mouth means to speak, whereas trumpet means to sound loudly, be amplified.


check bellow for the other definitions of Mouth and Trumpet

  1. Mouth as a noun (anatomy):

    The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.

    Examples:

    "Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor."

  2. Mouth as a noun:

    The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.

    Examples:

    "The mouth of the river is a good place to go birdwatching in spring and autumn."

  3. Mouth as a noun:

    An outlet, aperture or orifice.

    Examples:

    "The mouth of a cave"

  4. Mouth as a noun (slang):

    A loud or overly talkative person.

    Examples:

    "My kid sister is a real mouth; she never shuts up."

  5. Mouth as a noun (saddlery):

    The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.

  6. Mouth as a noun (obsolete):

    A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.

  7. Mouth as a noun (obsolete):

    Cry; voice.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  8. Mouth as a noun (obsolete):

    Speech; language; testimony.

  9. Mouth as a noun (obsolete):

    A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

  1. Mouth as a verb (transitive):

    To speak; to utter.

    Examples:

    "He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting."

  2. Mouth as a verb (transitive):

    To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.

    Examples:

    "The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them."

  3. Mouth as a verb (transitive):

    To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.

    Examples:

    "The fish mouthed the lure, but didn't bite."

  4. Mouth as a verb (obsolete):

    To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  5. Mouth as a verb (obsolete):

    To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Sir Thomas Browne"

  6. Mouth as a verb (obsolete):

    To make mouths at.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek R. Blair"

  1. Trumpet as a noun (musical instrument):

    A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.

    Examples:

    "The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival."

  2. Trumpet as a noun:

    In an orchestra or other musical group, a musician who plays the trumpet.

    Examples:

    "The trumpets were assigned to stand at the rear of the orchestra pit."

  3. Trumpet as a noun:

    The cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry.

    Examples:

    "The large bull gave a basso trumpet as he charged the hunters."

  4. Trumpet as a noun (figurative):

    One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  5. Trumpet as a noun:

    A funnel, or short flaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.

  6. Trumpet as a noun:

    A kind of traffic interchange involving at least one loop ramp connecting traffic either entering or leaving the terminating expressway with the far lanes of the continuous highway.

  7. Trumpet as a noun:

    A powerful reed stop in organs, having a trumpet-like sound.

  1. Trumpet as a verb (intransitive):

    To sound loudly, be amplified

    Examples:

    "The music trumpeted from the speakers, hurting my ears."

  2. Trumpet as a verb (intransitive):

    To play the trumpet.

    Examples:

    "Cedric made a living trumpeting for the change of passersby in the subway."

  3. Trumpet as a verb (ambitransitive):

    Of an elephant, to make its cry.

    Examples:

    "The circus trainer cracked the whip, signaling the elephant to trumpet."

  4. Trumpet as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To give a loud cry like that of an elephant.

  5. Trumpet as a verb (transitive):

    To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically

    Examples:

    "Andy trumpeted Jane's secret across the school, much to her embarrassment."

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