Jingle vs. Jangle

Jinglenoun

The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.

‘He heard the jingle of her keys in the door and turned off the screen.’;

Jangleverb

(transitive)

Jinglenoun

(music) A small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument, such as a tambourine, so as to make a jangling sound when the instrument is played.

‘Her tambourine didn't come with any jingles attached.’;

Jangleverb

To cause (something) to make a rattling metallic sound.

Jinglenoun

(advertising) A memorable short song, or in some cases a snippet of a popular song with its lyrics modified, used for the purposes of advertising a product or service in a TV or radio commercial.

‘That used-car dealership's jingle has been stuck in my head since we heard that song.’;

Jangleverb

To express or say (something) in an argumentative or harsh manner.

Jinglenoun

A carriage drawn by horses.

Jangleverb

(figuratively) To irritate or jar (something).

‘The sound from the next apartment jangled my nerves.’;

Jinglenoun

(slang) A brief phone call; a ring.

‘Give me a jingle when you find out something.’;

Jangleverb

(intransitive)

Jinglenoun

alternative form of jingle shell

Jangleverb

To make a rattling metallic sound.

Jingleverb

To make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.

‘The beads jingled as she walked.’;

Jangleverb

(archaic) To speak in an angry or harsh manner.

Jingleverb

To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.

‘She jingled the beads as she walked.’;

Jangleverb

(archaic) To quarrel verbally; to wrangle.

Jingleverb

(dated) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.

Jangleverb

(obsolete) Of a person: to speak loudly or too much; to chatter, to prate; of a bird: to make a noisy chattering sound.

Jingleverb

To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle.

Janglenoun

A rattling metallic sound; a clang.

Jingleverb

To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.

Janglenoun

(figuratively)

Jingleverb

To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.

‘The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew.’;

Janglenoun

The sound of people talking noisily.

Jinglenoun

A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.

Janglenoun

(archaic) Arguing, contention, squabbling.

Jinglenoun

That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.

‘If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and jingles, but use them justly.’;

Janglenoun

A sound typified by undistorted, treble-heavy electric guitars, characteristic of 1960s pop music.

Jinglenoun

A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit;

Jangleverb

To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.

Jinglenoun

a metallic sound;

‘the jingle of coins’; ‘the jangle of spurs’;

Jangleverb

To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.

Jinglenoun

a comic verse of irregular measure;

‘he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind’;

Jangleverb

To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.

‘Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree.’; ‘Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner.’;

Jingleverb

make a sound typical of metallic objects;

‘The keys were jingling in his pocket’;

Jangleverb

To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with.

‘Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh.’;

Jingle

A jingle is a short song or tune used in advertising and for other commercial uses. Jingles are a form of sound branding.

Janglenoun

Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.

Janglenoun

Discordant sound; wrangling.

Janglenoun

The unmelodious ringing of multiple metallic objects striking together, such as a set of small bells.

‘The musical jangle of sleigh bells.’;

Janglenoun

a metallic sound;

‘the jingle of coins’; ‘the jangle of spurs’;

Jangleverb

make a sound typical of metallic objects;

‘The keys were jingling in his pocket’;

Jangle

Jangle or jingle-jangle is a sound typically characterized by undistorted, treble-heavy electric guitars (particularly 12-strings) played in a droning chordal style (by strumming or arpeggiating). The sound is mainly associated with pop music as well as 1960s guitar bands, folk rock, and 1980s indie music.