What's the difference between chime and dinger?

Chime


Definition:

  • (n.) See Chine, n., 3.
  • (n.) The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments.
  • (n.) A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions.
  • (n.) Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound.
  • (n.) To sound in harmonious accord, as bells.
  • (n.) To be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with.
  • (n.) To join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed by in or in with.
  • (n.) To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
  • (v. i.) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
  • (v. i.) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 7.46am BST Thanks for all the comments on the blog this week - terrific how you are chiming in.
  • (2) They need tents very badly,” said Kempo Chimed Tsering.
  • (3) But one reason is that they chime with those of a powerful section of the political and security establishment.
  • (4) Because her achievements chime with bigger narratives.
  • (5) The software is very new.” The car will chime to remind drivers to put their hands back on the wheel, but that hasn’t stopped people experimenting – with hair-raising effects.
  • (6) Martin pantomimes the motion, holing up his fingers dramatically, and Malhotra chimes in with a “ding!” when the phantom bullet falls.
  • (7) Clegg's words chime with a strategy of highlighting differences with the Tories as the election approaches.
  • (8) Many of the causes backed by the brothers clearly chime with their own self-interests.
  • (9) He also said it was up to politicians to dismiss the 'lightweight sloganeering of PR men', an apparent reference to the way in which cabinet ministers are asked to chime in with the government over its implementation of a long-term economic plan.
  • (10) Two thirds of the 415 million people around the world who have type 2 diabetes live in cities That chimes with an important study published by Toronto Public Health, which looked into the increasing incidence of mental health problems and suicides in the city’s population.
  • (11) The government’s upcoming National Innovation Plan needs to address this vital issue.” Month-on-month figures showed a slight improvement in activity, chiming with official data that shows a recent upturn in manufacturing output.
  • (12) This is a very big project for me and my family.” But his reflections on what he has seen so far chime with Bravo’s concern about an absence of Darwinism in Qatari football.
  • (13) She is intrigued by the way houses either chime with you or don't.
  • (14) I am very happy to have this particular candidate chime in, I really am,” he said.
  • (15) The dip from 48,300 in July to 47,400 last month was the fourth fall in a row and chimed with other recent evidence that demand for property has weakened since the start of 2010.
  • (16) If any of this chimes with your general view of what's wrong with the world, it's fair to say that you'd like her.
  • (17) The allegations are potentially damaging because they appear, superficially at least, to chime with previous claims about Mrs Netanyahu's temper and concern with cleanliness.
  • (18) The negative outlook chimes with other surveys that reveal a dramatic slump in sentiment since the summer.
  • (19) Fellow goalkeeper Tim Howard chimed in after the first US practice on the field to note that the grass comes in trays and that it “kind of jells together” to create “spots on the field that may tear up easily.” Clint Dempsey was fairly sanguine though — noting that while the ball may not bounce as much on this surface, that with the field being watered well “the ball will be moving quickly —which is important — and rolling true.” Let’s hope that the turf becomes a footnote in the game.
  • (20) If you were in New York – and this chimes well with what I remember from my own youth in the city – the average worker thought it was a pain in the neck to live in this fairly dangerous city.

Dinger


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He blasts 156 dingers in three seasons in Dallas, although the Rangers suck and are financially hamstrung because of the deal.
  • (2) The absence of polysorbate 80, thiamine, or vitamin B12 prevented the appearance of Dinger's zones of growth from small inocula.
  • (3) Chromosomal DNA from dinger zones (visible subsurface zones of leptospiral growth) of first semisolid subcultures of field isolates was also isolated and characterized, thus greatly speeding up the diagnostic process.
  • (4) All of that is pretty much what he told assembled Wing Dingers, informally referring back to notes on a card and going through his CV.