The difference between Noise and Sound

When used as nouns, noise means various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant, whereas sound means a sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.

When used as verbs, noise means to make a noise, whereas sound means to produce a sound.

Sound is also interjection with the meaning: yes.

Sound is also adverb with the meaning: soundly.

Sound is also adjective with the meaning: healthy.

check bellow for the other definitions of Noise and Sound

  1. Noise as a noun:

    Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.

    Examples:

    "He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all the noise."

  2. Noise as a noun:

    Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.

  3. Noise as a noun (technology):

    Unwanted part of a signal. (Signal to noise ratio)

  4. Noise as a noun (genetics):

    The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.

  5. Noise as a noun:

    Rumour or complaint.

    Examples:

    "The problems with the new computer system are causing a lot of noise at Head Office."

  6. Noise as a noun (obsolete):

    Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Milton"

  7. Noise as a noun (music):

    A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.

  1. Noise as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a noise; to sound.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Milton"

  2. Noise as a verb (transitive):

    To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.

  1. Sound as an adjective:

    Healthy.

    Examples:

    "He was safe and sound."

    "In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work."

  2. Sound as an adjective:

    Complete, solid, or secure.

    Examples:

    "Fred assured me the floorboards were sound."

  3. Sound as an adjective (mathematics, logic):

    Having the property of soundness.

  4. Sound as an adjective (British, slang):

    Good; acceptable; decent.

    Examples:

    "How are you?" - "I'm sound."

    "That's a sound track you're playing."

    "See that man over there? He's sound. You should get to know him."

  5. Sound as an adjective (of sleep):

    Quiet and deep.

    Examples:

    "Her sleep was sound."

  6. Sound as an adjective:

    Heavy; laid on with force.

    Examples:

    "a sound beating"

  7. Sound as an adjective:

    Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.

    Examples:

    "a sound title to land"

  1. Sound as an adverb:

    Soundly.

  1. Sound as a noun:

    A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.

    Examples:

    "He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps nowrap behind him.  nowrap Nobody made a sound."

  2. Sound as a noun:

    A vibration capable of causing such sensations.

  3. Sound as a noun (music):

    A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc

  4. Sound as a noun:

    Noise without meaning; empty noise.

  5. Sound as a noun:

    , distance within which a certain noise may be heard.

    Examples:

    "Stay within the sound of my voice."

  1. Sound as a verb (intransitive):

    To produce a sound.

    Examples:

    "When the horn sounds, take cover."

  2. Sound as a verb (copulative):

    To convey an impression by one's sound.

    Examples:

    "He sounded good when we last spoke."

    "That story sounds like a pack of lies!"

  3. Sound as a verb (intransitive):

    To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.

  4. Sound as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To resound.

  5. Sound as a verb (intransitive, legal, often, with ''in''):

    To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.

  6. Sound as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to produce a sound.

    Examples:

    "Sound the alarm!"

    "He sounds the instrument."

  7. Sound as a verb (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant):

    To pronounce.

    Examples:

    "The "e" in "house" isn't sounded."

  1. Sound as a noun (geography):

    A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.

    Examples:

    "Puget Sound; Owen Sound"

  2. Sound as a noun:

    The air bladder of a fish.

    Examples:

    "Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food."

  3. Sound as a noun:

    A cuttlefish.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Ainsworth"

  1. Sound as a verb (intransitive):

    Dive downwards, used of a whale.

    Examples:

    "The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive."

  2. Sound as a verb:

    To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.

    Examples:

    "When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal."

  3. Sound as a verb:

    Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

    Examples:

    "Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope."

  4. Sound as a verb (medicine):

    To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.

    Examples:

    "to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra"

  1. Sound as a noun (medicine):

    An instrument for probing or dilating; a .

  1. Sound as a noun:

    A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

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