Alarm vs. Klaxon — What's the Difference?

An anxious awareness of danger

An electric horn or warning hooter

Make (someone) feel frightened, disturbed, or in danger

A loud electric alarm or horn.

Be fitted or protected with an alarm

(intransitive) To produce a loud, siren-like wail.

Sudden fear or concern caused by the realization of danger or an impending setback.

A kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles.

A warning of existing or approaching danger

A kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles

A device that is used to warn of danger by means of a sound or signal

The sounding mechanism of an alarm clock

A call to arms.

To fill with alarm or anxious concern.

To give warning to

To equip with or protect by an alarm

A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

A sudden attack; disturbance.

Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.

A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.

An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.

(transitive) To call to arms for defense

(transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger

(transitive) To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.

(transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

(transitive) To keep in excitement; to disturb.

A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

A sudden attack; disturbance; broil.

Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.

A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum.

To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.

To keep in excitement; to disturb.

To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

Fear resulting from the awareness of danger

A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

A clock that wakes sleeper at preset time

Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised;

Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness;