What's the difference between clang and crash?

Clang


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound.
  • (v. i.) To give out a clang; to resound.
  • (n.) A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic substances when clanged or struck together.
  • (n.) Quality of tone.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) So we looped them into the reel-to-reels and crowded round the speakers to hear what their album sounded like – but all we got was the clang of a snare drum.
  • (2) This struck a loud, clanging chord with a disenchanted British public – half of whom heard the speech – and 93% of those approved of its message, which when boiled down was just an appeal for greater individual effort to win the war.
  • (3) Outside the tax ministry, drum-banging, bell-clanging protesters from the Anti-Raider League of Entrepreneurs, an anti-corruption group, alleged that crooked officials from the previous administration had merely been shuffled around.
  • (4) Over in Green Bay, though, Mason Crosby just clanged a long one off the right-hand upright.
  • (5) Fred VanVleet's three-pointer for the win just clanged out, ending their unbeaten season in the most painful manner possible at 35-1.
  • (6) As the tumbleweed rolled in and out of shot … somewhere in the distance a forlorn sounding church bell clanged.
  • (7) 8.25pm BST The last lap The bell clangs to herald the ultimate lap of the 100th Tour de France.
  • (8) "You'd almost see sparks and hear anvils clanging."
  • (9) Perhaps surprisingly, The Clanging of the Swords IV is the work of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis), the extremist jihadist group that has led the insurgency against the authoritarian Iraqi government in recent weeks, and which runs parts of northern Syria.
  • (10) There was this terrible clang of falling steel and then me, drenched in the blood of my two children.
  • (11) The clang of an approaching train's warning to pedestrians to get off the open tracks has become part of the city's soundtrack, along with the constant honking of car horns, the five-times-a-day Muslim call to prayer, the occasional peal of church bells and the Friday afternoon siren that marks the start of the Jewish sabbath.
  • (12) This shameful betrayal of humanity in the face of mass suffering must stop Another detainee recounts details of the “welcome party” – the terrifying initiation ceremony that awaited new arrivals, fresh off one of the “meat fridge” trucks used to transport prisoners, clueless to their whereabouts until the doors clanged open.
  • (13) Mannone races out of his area to clang the ball into the stand.
  • (14) A phrase like "Catholic child" or "Muslim child" should clang furious bells of protest in the mind, just as we flinch when we hear "one man one vote".
  • (15) There's no jarring clang of citrus heavyweights here: they really do chime.
  • (16) That great steel and aluminium beast, the Land Rover Defender, and its ancestors have been clanging and clunking their way off the production line at Solihull since 1948.
  • (17) The towering Scot who plays Sandor "the Hound" Clegane – foremost sword-swinging badass in a series not lacking on that front – is in LA for a Game Of Thrones premiere and goblet-clanging celebratory shindig, along with 23 other stars from the show.
  • (18) The people feel angry towards the government,” he said, speaking in a small wooden office as he marked pupils’ report books and a school bell clanged outside.
  • (19) We haven't even switched the Dictaphone on when the anecdotes start tumbling out, the biggest names clanging to the floor as they go.
  • (20) Yet this regressive goal is accompanied by a hypermodern propaganda machine that sees Isis's sadistic attacks promoted by a slick social media operation, a specially designed app – and well-made videos like The Clanging of the Swords IV.

Crash


Definition:

  • (v. t. ) To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
  • (v. i.) To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.
  • (v. i.) To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.
  • (n.) A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.
  • (n.) Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.
  • (n.) Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) That has driven whole river systems to a complete population crash,” said Darren Tansley, a wildlife officer with Essex Wildlife Trust.
  • (2) Some 10 fire engines remained on the scene after rushing there to extinguish the many blazes caused by the crash.
  • (3) Harry was 12 years old when Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car crash but said it was not until his late 20s, after two years of “total chaos”, that he processed the grief.
  • (4) The Calspan 3-D Computer Simulator of a Motor Vehicle Crash Victim was used to provide estimates of the head and neck response to be expected for the very specific deceleration profiles simulated.
  • (5) Death, helicopter crashes and tears: nurses' career-defining moments Read more Of course, we still continue to accept and treat patients as we always have.
  • (6) Sometimes it can seem as if the history of the City is the history of its crises and disasters, from the banking crisis of 1825 (which saw undercapitalised banks collapse – perhaps the closest historic parallel to the contemporary credit crunch), through the Spanish panic of 1835, the railway bust of 1837, the crash of Overend Gurney, the Kaffir boom, the Westralian boom, the Marconi scandal, and so on and on – a theme with endless variations.
  • (7) Israel has complained in recent weeks of an increase in stone throwing and molotov cocktail attacks on West Bank roads and in areas adjoining mainly Palestinian areas of Jerusalem, where an elderly motorist died after crashing his car during an alleged stoning attack.
  • (8) Sky News has apologised profusely after one of its presenters was shown rifling through the personal belongings of a stricken passenger at the MH17 crash site.
  • (9) Stephen Tolbert died in a plane crash soon after and the case was closed.
  • (10) Those two ideas came together with a big crash and I began to apply what I had learned about sound to the moving image.
  • (11) Facebook Twitter Pinterest An armoured vehicle manned by pro-Russian rebels leaves Donetsk in the direction of the MH17 crash site.
  • (12) The sensitivity is, now that this is official, it will make things worse.” Like Australia, Canada weathered the financial crash of 2008 well, avoiding the banking crises suffered by the US, UK and the eurozone, instead growing fast on the back of exports of abundant natural resources.
  • (13) An isolated colony of red squirrels at Formby , Merseyside, were decimated by an outbreak of squirrelpox in 2008 , which saw the population crash by 85% to less than 200 squirrels.
  • (14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest A storm driven wave crashes against the sea wall at Saltcoats.
  • (15) You had to let it crash over you.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘Miles’s life was torture’ … Lu Spinney at home.
  • (16) It follows that he would not allow a biker to give evidence while wearing a crash helmet with the visor down.
  • (17) The eurozone's 17 finance ministers began crisis talks in Brussels on Monday night "to stop the rot" with Italian bond yields – the country's cost of borrowing – hitting a new peak of 6.69%, threatening to crash the euro system, and political leaders from virtually all countries outside Germany lining up to demand full-scale ECB intervention.
  • (18) When the news about the attack in Woolwich broke, by pure coincidence Ross Caputi was crashing on my sofa.
  • (19) In Lughaya, Hassan Barre Gas raises his hand to the sky as he describes the wave that crashed into his home on 5 November.
  • (20) More attention should therefore be focused on protecting infants from injury and death resulting from motor vehicle crashes.