Beep vs. Sound — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Beep and Sound
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Definitions
Beep➦
A sound or signal, as from a horn or an electronic device.
Sound➦
In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. In human physiology and psychology, sound is the reception of such waves and their perception by the brain.
Beep➦
To make a beep.
Sound➦
Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
Beep➦
To cause to make a beep
The drivers stuck in traffic beeped their horns.
Sound➦
Transmitted vibrations of any frequency.
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Beep➦
To activate the beeper of (a person) by telephoning its number.
Sound➦
The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.
Beep➦
The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
Sound➦
Such sensations considered as a group.
Beep➦
A short, electronically produced tone.
Sound➦
A distinctive noise
A hollow sound.
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Beep➦
A message sent to a pager device.
Sound➦
The distance over which something can be heard
Within sound of my voice.
Beep➦
(transitive) To sound (something that makes a beep).
The motorists in the traffic jam were getting more and more frustrated and started beeping their horns.
Sound➦
An articulation made by the vocal apparatus
A vowel sound.
Beep➦
To have sexual intercourse with - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts
Jason beeped Sharlene after they had drunk a few beers.
Sound➦
The distinctive character of such an articulation
The words bear and bare have the same sound.
Beep➦
(intransitive) To produce a beep.
Sound➦
A mental impression; an implication
Didn't like the sound of the invitation.
Beep➦
(transitive) To contact (someone via) a pager device.
Sound➦
Auditory material that is recorded, as for a movie.
Beep➦
(transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
Susan beeped Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call.
Sound➦
Meaningless noise.
Beep➦
A short high tone produced as a signal or warning
Sound➦
(Music) A distinctive style, as of an orchestra or singer.
Beep➦
Make a loud noise;
The horns of the taxis blared
Sound➦
(Archaic) Rumor; report.
Beep➦
Call, summon, or alert with a beeper
Sound➦
A long, relatively wide body of water, larger than a strait or a channel, connecting larger bodies of water.
Sound➦
A long, wide ocean inlet.
Sound➦
(Archaic) The swim bladder of a fish.
Sound➦
An instrument used to examine or explore body cavities, as for foreign bodies or other abnormalities, or to dilate strictures in them.
Sound➦
To make or give forth a sound
The siren sounded.
Sound➦
To be given forth as a sound
The fanfare sounded.
Sound➦
To present a particular impression
That argument sounds reasonable.
Sound➦
To cause to give forth or produce a sound
Sounded the gong.
Sound➦
To summon, announce, or signal by a sound
Sound a warning.
Sound➦
(Linguistics) To articulate; pronounce
Sound a vowel.
Sound➦
To make known; celebrate
"Nations unborn your mighty names shall sound" (Alexander Pope).
Sound➦
To examine (a body organ or part) by causing to emit sound; auscultate.
Sound➦
To measure the depth of (water), especially by means of a weighted line; fathom.
Sound➦
To try to learn the attitudes or opinions of
Sounded out her feelings.
Sound➦
To probe (a body cavity) with a sound.
Sound➦
To measure depth.
Sound➦
To dive swiftly downward. Used of a marine mammal or a fish.
Sound➦
To look into a possibility; investigate.
Sound➦
Free from defect, decay, or damage; in good condition
Is the bridge sound?.
Sound➦
Free from disease or injury.
Sound➦
Marked by or showing common sense and good judgment; levelheaded
A sound approach to the problem.
Sound➦
Based on valid reasoning; having no logical flaws
A sound conclusion.
Sound reasoning.
Sound➦
(Logic) Of or relating to an argument in which all the premises are true and the conclusion follows from the premises.
Sound➦
Secure or stable
A partnership that started on a sound footing.
Sound➦
Financially secure or safe
A sound economy.
Sound➦
Thorough; complete
Gave their rivals a sound thrashing.
Sound➦
Deep and unbroken; undisturbed
A sound sleep.
Sound➦
Compatible with an accepted point of view; orthodox
Sound doctrine.
Sound➦
Thoroughly; deeply
Sound asleep.
Sound➦
Healthy.
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.
Sound➦
Complete, solid, or secure.
Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.
Sound➦
Having the property of soundness.
Sound➦
Good; acceptable; decent.
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.
Sound➦
(of sleep) Quiet and deep.
Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, and often deeply.
Her sleep was sound.
Sound➦
Heavy; laid on with force.
A sound beating
Sound➦
Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
A sound title to land
Sound➦
Soundly.
Sound➦
Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
I found my jacket. — Sound.
Sound➦
A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.
Nobody made a sound.
Sound➦
A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
Sound➦
(music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra, &.
Sound➦
Noise without meaning; empty noise.
Sound➦
, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
Stay within the sound of my voice.
Sound➦
(phonetics) A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound.
Sound➦
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.
Puget Sound; Owen Sound; Long Island Sound
Sound➦
The air bladder of a fish.
Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
Sound➦
A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.
Sound➦
(intransitive) To produce a sound.
When the horn sounds, take cover.
Sound➦
(copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
He sounded good when we last spoke.
That story sounds like a pack of lies!
Sound➦
(intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
Sound➦
To resound.
Sound➦
To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.
In my opinion this claim sounds in damages rather than in an injunction.
Sound➦
(transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
Sound the alarm!
He sounds the instrument.
Sound➦
To pronounce.
The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.
Sound➦
(intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.
Sound➦
To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.
Sound➦
Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.
Sound➦
(medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
To sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra
Sound➦
The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
Sound➦
A cuttlefish.
Sound➦
A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound.
The Sound of Denmark, where ships pay toll.
Sound➦
Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture.
Sound➦
The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human voice; a horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp, high, or shrill sound.
The warlike soundOf trumpets loud and clarions.
Sound➦
The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise on sound.
Sound➦
Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.
Sense and not sound . . . must be the principle.
Sound➦
Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.
Sound➦
Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; - said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding.
Sound➦
Firm; strong; safe.
The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams,And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound.
Sound➦
Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; - said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker.
Do not I know you a favorerOf this new seat? Ye are nor sound.
Sound➦
Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles.
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me.
Sound➦
Heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
Sound➦
Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
Sound➦
Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land.
Sound➦
Soundly.
So sound he slept that naught might him awake.
Sound➦
To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
Sound➦
Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
I was in jest,And by that offer meant to sound your breast.
I've sounded my Numidians man by man.
Sound➦
To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient.
Sound➦
To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
I sound as a shipman soundeth in the sea with his plummet to know the depth of sea.
Sound➦
To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect.
How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues!
Sound➦
To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
From you sounded out the word of the Lord.
Sound➦
To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention.
Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fearThings that do sound so fair?
Soun[d]ing in moral virtue was his speech.
Sound➦
To cause to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn; to sound an alarm.
A bagpipe well could he play and soun[d].
Sound➦
To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.
Sound➦
To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a retreat; to sound a parley.
The clock sounded the hour of noon.
Sound➦
To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit.
Sound➦
To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient.
Sound➦
To signify; to import; to denote.
Soun[d]ing alway the increase of his winning.
Sound➦
The particular auditory effect produced by a given cause;
The sound of rain on the roof
The beautiful sound of music
Sound➦
The subjective sensation of hearing something;
He strained to hear the faint sounds
Sound➦
Mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium;
Falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them
Sound➦
The sudden occurrence of an audible event;
The sound awakened them
Sound➦
The audible part of a transmitted signal;
They always raise the audio for commercials
Sound➦
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
Sound➦
A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
Sound➦
A large ocean inlet or deep bay;
The main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast
Sound➦
Appear in a certain way;
This sounds interesting
Sound➦
Make a certain noise or sound;
She went `Mmmmm'
The gun went `bang'
Sound➦
Give off a certain sound or sounds;
This record sounds scratchy
Sound➦
Announce by means of a sound;
Sound the alarm
Sound➦
Utter with vibrating vocal chords
Sound➦
Cause to sound;
Sound the bell
Sound a certain note
Sound➦
Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
Sound➦
Financially secure and safe;
Sound investments
A sound economy
Sound➦
Exercising or showing good judgment;
Healthy scepticism
A healthy fear of rattlesnakes
The healthy attitude of French laws
Healthy relations between labor and management
An intelligent solution
A sound approach to the problem
Sound advice
No sound explanation for his decision
Sound➦
In good condition; free from defect or damage or decay;
A sound timber
The wall is sound
A sound foundation
Sound➦
In excellent physical condition;
Good teeth
I still have one good leg
A sound mind in a sound body
Sound➦
Reflects weight of sound argument or evidence;
A sound argument
Sound➦
Having legal efficacy or force;
A sound title to the property
Sound➦
Free from moral defect;
A man of sound character
Sound➦
(of sleep) deep and complete;
A heavy sleep
Fell into a profound sleep
A sound sleeper
Deep wakeless sleep
Sound➦
Thorough;
A sound thrashing
Sound➦
Deeply or completely;
Slept soundly through the storm
Is sound asleep
