What's the difference between audible and earshot?

Audible


Definition:

  • (a.) Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard; as, an audible voice or whisper.
  • (n.) That which may be heard.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The attacks were detected by audible wheeze, augmentation of diaphragm, external intercostal and sternomastoid activity, associated with distinctive changes in thoracoabdominal motion.
  • (2) The results showed that mangabeys exhibit an audibility function nearly indistinguishable from that for blue monkeys (Brown and Waser 1984).
  • (3) The entire range of frequencies audible to the bat is systematically represented along the dorsal-ventral dimension of the columnar area.
  • (4) But organisers said that the vuvuzela, one of the most visible and certainly most audible motifs of the tournament's opening weekend, could yet be banned from inside stadiums.
  • (5) The minimum audible movement angle (MAMA) thus defined was observed to increase as the source velocity increased.
  • (6) In the 14 general surgical patients, intestinal viability and collateral mesenteric blood flows were determined, which demonstrated that the presence of audible arterial blood flow correlated with ultimate bowel viability.
  • (7) Danger signs of stridor and abnormal sleepiness were poorly recognised (sensitivity 0-50%) by the health care workers, as was audible wheeze.
  • (8) Six patients had no audible murmur; four had grade 1 to 2 innocent murmurs.
  • (9) Clinically audible murmurs were present in only two patients.
  • (10) Eighty-two patients with audible clicking were evaluated and treated with splints made by using arthrographic assistance.
  • (11) On cardiac examination, a pansystolic bruit and a diastolic rumble were audible at the tricuspid focus.
  • (12) Email from Jack Underwood: It seems like Luck audibles on every single down.
  • (13) For normal-hearing subjects, an orderly function relating the percentage of audible stimulus to recognition performance was found, with perfect discrimination performance occurring when the bulk of the stimulus spectrum was presented at suprathreshold levels.
  • (14) All three patients suffered from pain in the abdomen and back, a palpable pulsatile abdominal mass and an audible continuous harsh bruit.
  • (15) Experimental bruxism, audible, nonfunctional grinding or clenching of the teeth, was provoked in aggressive animals by drugs affecting central dopaminergic systems.
  • (16) Audible wheezing was induced in 100% of the asthmatics and in none of the nonasthmatics.
  • (17) The main structure will be delimited by 600 minarets, each shaped like an upraised middle finger, and housing a powerful amplifier: when synchronised, their combined sonic might will be capable of relaying the muezzin's call to prayer at such deafening volume, it will be clearly audible in the Afghan mountains, where thousands of terrorists are poised to celebrate by running around with scarves over their faces, firing AK-47s into the sky and yelling whatever the foreign word for "victory" is.
  • (18) In the reaction time task, saccades and arm movements were commonly triggered by the rapid, visible and audible opening of a small food-containing box which was located at a constant position in front of the animal at eye level.
  • (19) But we’re happy to see the president.” As Xi and the royals went past, activists from the Free Tibet campaign shouted slogans and waved flags, audible above the cheers of the crowd.
  • (20) Study 2 assessed the impact of a student confederate who lowered his or her observer-audible headphone volume at the polite request of a second student confederate.

Earshot


Definition:

  • (n.) Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Throughout his life, Dad observed the rule that profanity – effing and blinding as he called it – should be confined to workplaces and other all-male venues where men gathered outside the earshot of women and children.
  • (2) I had not heard my mobile - although it was supposed to be always in earshot - and they wanted me back in the office.
  • (3) Tourists and other members of the public were said to have been within earshot.
  • (4) The first thing they’re going to say is: “It wasn’t the Brummie Boardwalk we were promised!” Look them in the eye and respond: “Oh, so you wanted it to plod through two seasons of stodgy plots bogged down by political machinations no one but a policy wonk could get excited about before really getting going in seasons 3 and 4?” Then wait for the applause anyone within earshot will give you.
  • (5) In the event the crowds continued in what amounted to a triumphant shuffle to within earshot of the Trump White House.
  • (6) They flew the Predator drone out of sight and beyond earshot of the targets at about 20,000 feet and a distance of about four nautical miles from the group on the ground.
  • (7) Through the Olive Trees, five years previously, had wrapped up with a proposal of marriage and a subsequent conversation conducted in the distance, out of earshot.
  • (8) "'Quiet' places were often the worst, because there was always someone likely to be passing within earshot."
  • (9) Connoisseurs of accountability may be intrigued to note that those who pay the piper are most able to call the tunes when they are within earshot, like voters to MPs.
  • (10) For instance, a married woman should avoid being alone with a male physician unless other people are in earshot and have access to the room.
  • (11) Dr Ray and I wait in silence, poised until she’s safely out of earshot, before we both break down with laughter.
  • (12) The first thing they did was hire some skips and fill them with what Tunstall – no children in earshot – cheerfully called the "tat and crap" covering every wall and filling every cupboard and storage space.
  • (13) In many ways, actually winning the game became secondary – although that shouldn't be mentioned within earshot of head coach Adrian Heath, the former Everton and Stoke City striker, who has devoted the last five years of his life to building an MLS-worthy team.
  • (14) If you want to get punched in the face, just wait until the next hot day and go next door to complain about a) their barbecue fumes stinking up your washing line and b) how the Rihanna on their outdoor stereo contains sexually commodifying messages that will corrupt any child within earshot.
  • (15) Inside the club museum, displayed on a wall around the corner from four replica European Cups and in earshot of a recording of the Kop chorusing You'll Never Walk Alone, is a marble plaque 18 inches square that reads: "In Memoriam: In memory of those who died at the Heysel Stadium, Brussels."
  • (16) Saturday Night Live is really disgusting for having him on.” Saturday Night Live had increased security measures, according to Montgomery, who said he remained hopeful that someone would manage to heckle the billionaire at least in earshot of microphones.
  • (17) This overt display of loyalty fractures when rare opportunities for rushed conversations out of earshot of the ubiquitous regime minders and informants arise.
  • (18) After Finland, it is the country with the worst food,” he said, adding: “One cannot trust people whose cuisine is so bad.” The comments were made in earshot of reporters, but a spokesman for Chirac said subsequent press reports did not reflect “the tone or the content” of the exchange.
  • (19) "The Jermain Defoe fridge magnet would spend a few years on the fridge, telling everyone on earshot that he deserved to be on the 48" HD TV, reckons Adrian Cooper.
  • (20) To provide data to guide physicians regarding the extent to which pediatric patients and their families should be involved in decision-making discussions by their health care teams, we compared the standard rounding procedure in a pediatric oncology unit (rounds conducted out of earshot) with bedside rounds in which management was discussed in front of patients and parents.

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