Sound vs. Sure

Soundadjective

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.’;

Sureadjective

Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.

‘This investment is a sure thing.’; ‘The bailiff had a sure grip on the prisoner's arm.’;

Soundadjective

Complete, solid, or secure.

‘Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.’;

Sureadjective

Certain in one's knowledge or belief.

‘He was sure she was lying.’; ‘I am sure of my eventual death.’; ‘John was acting sure of himself but in truth had doubts.’;

Soundadjective

Having the property of soundness.

Sureadjective

Certain to act or be a specified way.

‘Be sure to lock the door when you leave.’;

Soundadjective

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.’;

Sureadjective

(obsolete) Free from danger; safe; secure.

Soundadjective

(of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.

‘Her sleep was sound.’;

Sureadjective

(obsolete) Betrothed; engaged to marry.

Soundadjective

Heavy; laid on with force.

‘a sound beating’;

Sureadverb

(modal adverb) Without doubt, certainly.

‘Sure he's coming! Why wouldn't he?’; ‘"Did you kill that bear yourself? ―"I sure did!"’;

Soundadjective

Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.

‘a sound title to land’;

Sureinterjection

Yes. (Expresses noncommittal agreement or consent.)

‘"Do you want me to put this in the garage?" "Sure, go ahead."’;

Soundadverb

Soundly.

Sureinterjection

Yes; of course.

‘"Could you tell me where the washrooms are?" "Sure, they're in the corner over there."’;

Soundinterjection

Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.

‘- I found my jacket.
- Sound.’;

Sureadjective

Certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive.

‘We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.’; ‘I'm sure care 's an enemy of life.’;

Soundnoun

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.’;

Sureadjective

Certain to find or retain; as, to be sure of game; to be sure of success; to be sure of life or health.

Soundnoun

A vibration capable of causing such sensations.

Sureadjective

Fit or worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or disappoint expectation; unfailing; strong; permanent; enduring.

‘The Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord.’; ‘The testimony of the Lord is sure.’; ‘Which put in good sure leather sacks.’;

Soundnoun

(music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc

Sureadjective

Betrothed; engaged to marry.

‘The king was sure to Dame Elizabeth Lucy, and her husband before God.’; ‘I presume . . . that you had been sure as fast as faith could bind you, man and wife.’;

Soundnoun

Noise without meaning; empty noise.

Sureadjective

Free from danger; safe; secure.

‘Fear not; the forest is not three leagues off;If we recover that we are sure enough.’; ‘She that's made sure to him she loves not well.’;

Soundnoun

(geography) 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’;

Sureadverb

In a sure manner; safely; certainly.

‘'T is pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print.’;

Soundnoun

The air bladder of a fish.

‘Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.’;

Sureadjective

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured;

‘felt certain of success’; ‘was sure (or certain) she had seen it’; ‘was very sure in his beliefs’; ‘sure of her friends’;

Soundnoun

A cuttlefish.

Sureadjective

exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance;

‘be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through’; ‘be sure to lock the doors’;

Soundnoun

(medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.

Sureadjective

certain to occur; destined or inevitable;

‘he was certain to fail’; ‘his fate is certain’; ‘In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes’; ‘he faced certain death’; ‘sudden but sure regret’; ‘he is sure to win’;

Soundnoun

A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

Sureadjective

physically secure or dependable;

‘a sure footing’; ‘was on sure ground’;

Soundverb

(intransitive) To produce a sound.

‘When the horn sounds, take cover.’;

Sureadjective

capable of being depended on;

‘a quick and certain remedy’; ‘a sure way to distinguish the two’; ‘wood dust is a sure sign of termites’;

Soundverb

(copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.

‘He sounded good when we last spoke.’; ‘That story sounds like a pack of lies!’;

Sureadjective

(of persons) worthy of trust or confidence;

‘a sure (or trusted) friend’;

Soundverb

(intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.

Sureadjective

infallible or unfailing;

‘a sure (or true) sign of one's commitment’;

Soundverb

To resound.

Sureadjective

certain not to fail;

‘a sure hand on the throttle’;

Soundverb

To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.

Sureadjective

impossible to doubt or dispute;

‘indisputable (or sure) proof’;

Soundverb

(transitive) To cause to produce a sound.

‘He sounds the instrument.’;

Sureadverb

definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely');

‘the results are surely encouraging’; ‘she certainly is a hard worker’; ‘it's going to be a good day for sure’; ‘they are coming, for certain’; ‘they thought he had been killed sure enough’; ‘he'll win sure as shooting’; ‘they sure smell good’; ‘sure he'll come’;

Soundverb

To pronounce.

‘The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.’;

Soundverb

(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.’;

Soundverb

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.’;

Soundverb

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.’;

Soundverb

(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’;

Soundnoun

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

Soundnoun

A cuttlefish.

Soundnoun

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.’;

Soundnoun

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.

Soundnoun

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.’;

Soundnoun

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.

Soundnoun

Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.

‘Sense and not sound . . . must be the principle.’;

Soundadjective

Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.

Soundadjective

Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; - said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding.

Soundadjective

Firm; strong; safe.

‘The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams,And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound.’;

Soundadjective

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.’;

Soundadjective

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.’;

Soundadjective

heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.

Soundadjective

Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.

Soundadjective

Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land.

Soundadverb

Soundly.

‘So sound he slept that naught might him awake.’;

Soundverb

To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.

Soundverb

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.’;

Soundverb

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.

Soundverb

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.’;

Soundverb

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!’;

Soundverb

To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.

‘From you sounded out the word of the Lord.’;

Soundverb

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.’;

Soundverb

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].’;

Soundverb

To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.

Soundverb

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.’;

Soundverb

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.

Soundverb

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.

Soundverb

To signify; to import; to denote.

‘Soun[d]ing alway the increase of his winning.’;

Soundnoun

the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause;

‘the sound of rain on the roof’; ‘the beautiful sound of music’;

Soundnoun

the subjective sensation of hearing something;

‘he strained to hear the faint sounds’;

Soundnoun

mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium;

‘falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them’;

Soundnoun

the sudden occurrence of an audible event;

‘the sound awakened them’;

Soundnoun

the audible part of a transmitted signal;

‘they always raise the audio for commercials’;

Soundnoun

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

Soundnoun

a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

Soundnoun

a large ocean inlet or deep bay;

‘the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast’;

Soundverb

appear in a certain way;

‘This sounds interesting’;

Soundverb

make a certain noise or sound;

‘She went `Mmmmm'’; ‘The gun went `bang'’;

Soundverb

give off a certain sound or sounds;

‘This record sounds scratchy’;

Soundverb

announce by means of a sound;

‘sound the alarm’;

Soundverb

utter with vibrating vocal chords

Soundverb

cause to sound;

‘sound the bell’; ‘sound a certain note’;

Soundverb

measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

Soundadjective

financially secure and safe;

‘sound investments’; ‘a sound economy’;

Soundadjective

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’;

Soundadjective

in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay;

‘a sound timber’; ‘the wall is sound’; ‘a sound foundation’;

Soundadjective

in excellent physical condition;

‘good teeth’; ‘I still have one good leg’; ‘a sound mind in a sound body’;

Soundadjective

reflects weight of sound argument or evidence;

‘a sound argument’;

Soundadjective

having legal efficacy or force;

‘a sound title to the property’;

Soundadjective

free from moral defect;

‘a man of sound character’;

Soundadjective

(of sleep) deep and complete;

‘a heavy sleep’; ‘fell into a profound sleep’; ‘a sound sleeper’; ‘deep wakeless sleep’;

Soundadjective

thorough;

‘a sound thrashing’;

Soundadverb

deeply or completely;

‘slept soundly through the storm’; ‘is sound asleep’;

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.