Rattle vs. Maraca — What's the Difference?

To make or emit a quick succession of short percussive sounds.

A maraca (pronunciation ), sometimes called rumba shaker or chac-chac, is a rattle which appears in many genres of Caribbean and Latin music. It is shaken by a handle and usually played as part of a pair.

To move with such sounds

A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs.

To talk rapidly and at length, usually without much thought

(musical instrument) A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument.

To cause to make a quick succession of short percussive sounds

Breasts

To utter or perform rapidly or effortlessly

A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

(Informal)To fluster; unnerve

To secure ratlines to (shrouds).

A rapid succession of short percussive sounds.

A device, such as a baby's toy, that produces short percussive sounds.

A rattling sound in the throat caused by obstructed breathing, especially near the time of death.

The series of horny structures at the end of a rattlesnake's tail.

Loud or rapid talk; chatter.

To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.

To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.

(intransitive) To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.

To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise.

To scold; to rail at.

To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering.

To make a clatter with one's voice; to talk rapidly and idly; often with on or away.

Object that rattles.

Any of various plants of the genera Rhinanthus and Pedicularis, whose seeds produce a rattling noise in the wind.

A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container.

(musical instruments) A musical instrument that makes a rattling sound.

(zoology) The set of rings at the end of a rattlesnake's tail which produce a rattling sound.

Rattling sound.

(onomatopoeia) A rapid succession of percussive sounds, as made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another.

Noisy, rapid talk; babble.

Trivial chatter; gossip.

A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.

(obsolete) A scolding; a sharp rebuke.

A rough noise produced in the throat by air passing through obstructed airways; croup; a death rattle.

: a former Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight usually equal to 1–5 lb (0.5–2.5 kg).

To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter.

To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as, we rattled along for a couple of miles.

To make a clatter with the voice; to talk rapidly and idly; to clatter; - with on or away; as, she rattled on for an hour.

To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain.

To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.

Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game.

To scold; to rail at.

A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum.

Noisy, rapid talk.

An instrument with which a rattling sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattles when shaken.

A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.

A scolding; a sharp rebuke.

Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.

The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; - chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is called the death rattle. See Râle.

A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders);

A baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken

Loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail

Make short successive sounds

Shake and cause to make a rattling noise