Buzz vs. Hype — What's the Difference?

To make a low droning or vibrating sound like that of a bee.

Excessive publicity and the ensuing commotion

To talk, often excitedly, in low tones.

Exaggerated or extravagant claims made especially in advertising or promotional material

To be abuzz; hum

An advertising or promotional ploy

To move quickly and busily; bustle.

Something deliberately misleading; a deception

To make a signal with a buzzer.

A hypodermic injection, syringe, or needle.

To cause to buzz.

A drug addict.

To utter in a rapid, low voice

To publicize or promote, especially by extravagant, inflated, or misleading claims

(Informal) To fly low over

To stimulate or excite. Often used with up

To call or signal with a buzzer.

(marketing) Promotion or propaganda; especially exaggerated claims.

To make a telephone call to.

(transitive) To promote heavily; to advertise or build up.

To give a buzzcut to.

Blatant or sensational promotion

A vibrating, humming, or droning sound.

A low murmur

A telephone call

A state of pleasant intoxication, as from alcohol.

A state of stimulation or overstimulation, as from caffeine.

Excited interest or attention

Rumor; gossip

A buzzcut.

A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.

A whisper.

The audible friction of voiced consonants.

(informal) A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.

(informal) A telephone call or e-mail.

(informal) Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.

(uncountable) fizz-buzz

(intransitive) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.

(by extension) To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.

Of a group of people, to talk about some interesting topic excitedly.

To fly while making such a sound.

(colloquial) To show a high level of activity and haste, energization or excitement, to be busy as a bee in one’s actions but perhaps mentally charged.

(transitive) To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.

(transitive) To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.

(aviation) To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise pass.

(transitive) To cut the hair in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut.

To drink to the bottom.

(transitive) To communicate with (a person) by means of a buzzer.

To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.

To sound forth by buzzing.

To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an under tone; to spread, as report, by whispers, or secretly.

To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.

To sound with a "buzz".

A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones, or of a general expression of surprise or approbation.

A whisper; a report spread secretly or cautiously.

The audible friction of voice consonants.

Sound of rapid vibration;

A confusion of activity and gossip;

Make a buzzing sound;

Fly low;

Be noisy with activity;

Call with a buzzer;