What's the difference between cacophonous and harsh?

Cacophonous


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Cacophonious

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Almost all of Moscow’s roofers speak of having a unique relationship with the traffic-clogged, cacophonous city of 12 million inhabitants.
  • (2) Through a cacophonous sea of blue and white on either side, the bus carrying Leicester City’s triumphant Premier League champions slowly snaked its way through the streets of the city in a victory parade like no other in British footballing history.
  • (3) Baron explores the differences between the “cacophonously cosmopolitan nature” of Jeddah and its slick urban counterpart, the country’s capital Riyadh.
  • (4) His film credits include a jubilant Strictly Ballroom , an exuberant Romeo + Juliet , a cacophonous Moulin Rouge!
  • (5) When rumours began to circulate last year that the BBC was threatening to axe CBeebies and move all children’s content online, the uproar was predictable and cacophonous.
  • (6) The cacophonous, unchanging harmonies that sound like revellers in the street.
  • (7) We need to crowd the stage of history with as many voices as possible in order to understand it in all its ambivalent, cacophonous diversity, and thereby learn to live with the same polymorphous perversity and trump those who would have us live thinner lives.
  • (8) These kids are growing up in a mass extinction, robbed of the cacophonous company of being surrounded by so many fast-disappearing life forms.
  • (9) Their cacophonous din has so far been a soundtrack for the World Cup , to the delight of some and the profound annoyance of others.
  • (10) I am also planning a demonstration outside Broadcasting House where all we women over 50 plaster the windows with our HRT patches, then hold a cacophonous cocktail party, quipping and quaffing and being loudly witty and wonderful just to prove to commissioning editors that we're not invisible.
  • (11) Photograph: Sue Anne Tay Cacophonous and comforting all at the same time.
  • (12) "It's because of the drones and the US war on terror," said Amir Masih, a 25-year-old lying in a cacophonous ward in the city's Lady Reading hospital packed with survivors recovering from severe injuries, emergency surgeries and the grief of losing friends and relatives.
  • (13) What was supposed to be a shiny citadel with huge attention to detail and organisation has in places degraded into a violent, crime-ridden sprawl of cacophonous traffic jams.

Harsh


Definition:

  • (a.) Rough; disagreeable; grating
  • (a.) disagreeable to the touch.
  • (a.) disagreeable to the taste.
  • (a.) disagreeable to the ear.
  • (a.) Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.
  • (a.) Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Federal judges who blocked the bans cited harsh rhetoric employed by Trump on the campaign trail , specifically a pledge to ban all Muslims from entering the US and support for giving priority to Christian refugees, as being reflective of the intent behind his travel ban.
  • (2) The first problem facing Calderdale is sheep-rustling Happy Valley – filmed around Hebden Bridge, with its beautiful stone houses straight off the pages of the Guardian’s Lets Move To – may be filled with rolling hills and verdant pastures, but the reality of rural issues are harsh.
  • (3) On referral to our clinic, his physical examination and tape recording were characterized by harsh inspiratory stridor.
  • (4) There are harsh lessons in football and we have learned some over the last week.” Two James Milner penalties and goals from the impressive Adam Lallana, Sadio Mané and Philippe Coutinho took Liverpool’s tally to 24 in eight games.
  • (5) The tougher external environment in 2015 means that our businesses and functions need to work … to take a number of measures in response to the harsh trading environment,” Dudley said, according to a memo reported by Reuters.
  • (6) I couldn't shake the harsh words from my head and worried about if, or when, they would spill over into real life.
  • (7) A former senior CIA official said the secretary of state at the time, Colin Powell, eventually was informed about the program and sat in meetings in which harsh interrogation techniques were discussed.
  • (8) The results indicate the presence of carbohydrate epitopes buried within collagenous polypeptides that are exposed by harsh denaturing conditions.
  • (9) Official papers released by the National Archives show that the "wets" – notably Jim Prior, Peter Walker, Ian Gilmour, Mark Carlisle, Lord Soames and Francis Pym – were able to demonstrate that a majority of the cabinet rejected as unnecessarily harsh Sir Geoffrey Howe's demands for further public spending cuts and tax cuts.
  • (10) We report a case of a 17 year old boy who was referred for evaluation of a large anterior mediastinal mass, causing dyspnea and cough and resulting in a harsh systolic murmur.
  • (11) I appeal to the king of Saudi Arabia to exercise his power to halt the public flogging by pardoning Mr Badawi, and to urgently review this type of extraordinarily harsh penalty.” Badawi’s case was one of several recent prosecutions of activists.
  • (12) • Very robust questioning, known as the harsh approach, could be banned – or if not "the approach should not include an analogy with a military drill sergeant".
  • (13) He said he did not oppose the criminalisation of homosexuality but said imprisonment and the death penalty are too harsh.
  • (14) Fellow opposition activists and sympathisers took the harsh sentence as a sign that heavy jail terms awaited the rest.
  • (15) Pledge news: harsh • 26 Jan , Darragh MacAnthony, Peterborough chairman on the "incredibly harsh" abuse by fans of manager Mark Cooper: "Nobody has given the bloke a chance.
  • (16) But initial fan reaction to the first teaser trailers was harsh.
  • (17) The probability of skin-galvanic reaction appearance was harshly decreased.
  • (18) Offshore detention with increased isolation in remote and harsh circumstances exaggerates that adversity.
  • (19) Pictures of the concentration camps served to reinforce the necessity of the war and its unavoidably harsh economic legacy.
  • (20) If you're in doubt of the impact this can have, "brand imagery" studies show that when participants smoke the exact same cigarettes presented in lighter coloured packs, or in packs with "mild" in the name, they rate the smoke as lighter and less harsh, simply through the power of suggestion.