different between abrade vs jangle

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?e?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?e?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Etymology 1

• First attested in 1677.
• From Latin abr?d? (“scrape off”), from ab (“from, away from”) + r?d? (“scrape”).

Verb

abrade (third-person singular simple present abrades, present participle abrading, simple past and past participle abraded)

1. (transitive) To rub or wear off; erode. [First attested in the late 17^th century.]
2. (transitive) To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
3. (transitive) To irritate by rubbing; chafe. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
4. (transitive) To cause the surface to become more rough.
5. (intransitive) To undergo abrasion.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English abraiden.

Verb

abrade (third-person singular simple present abrades, present participle abrading, simple past and past participle abraded)

1. (transitive) Obsolete spelling of abraid

References

Anagrams

• Abdera, abread

Italian

Verb

abrade

1. third-person singular present indicative of abradere

Anagrams

• badare, baderà

Latin

Verb

abr?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of abr?d?

English

Etymology

From Middle English janglen (“to talk excessively, chatter, talk idly”), from Old French jangler (“to chatter, gossip, bawl, argue noisily”), perhaps from Frankish *jangelon (“to jeer”) (compare Middle Dutch jangelen (“to whine”)) and ultimately imitative.

The music sense is said to derive from a line in the song Mr. Tambourine Man.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?æ?.??l/
• Rhymes: -æ???l

Verb

jangle (third-person singular simple present jangles, present participle jangling, simple past and past participle jangled)

1. (intransitive) To make a rattling metallic sound.
2. (transitive) To cause something to make a rattling metallic sound.
3. (transitive) To irritate.

4. To quarrel in words; to wrangle.

Translations

Noun

jangle (plural jangles)

1. A rattling metallic sound.
2. (music, attributive) A sound typically characterized by undistorted, treble-heavy electric guitars, characteristic of 1960s pop.

   Synonym: jingle-jangle

3. (obsolete) Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Translations

Usage notes

• Somewhat harsher than jingle.

Derived terms

• ajangle
• jangle pop
• jangly

Related terms

• jingle

References