What's the difference between noise and swashbuckler?

Noise


Definition:

  • (n.) Sound of any kind.
  • (n.) Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din.
  • (n.) Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report.
  • (n.) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
  • (v. i.) To sound; to make a noise.
  • (v. t.) To spread by rumor or report.
  • (v. t.) To disturb with noise.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In order to control noise- and vibration-caused diseases it was necessary not only to improve machines' quality and service conditions but also to pay special attention to the choice of operators and to the quality of monitoring their adaptation process.
  • (2) For each temporal position of the independent noise, discriminability was a function of the ratio of the duration of the independent noise (tau) to the total burst duration.
  • (3) The first group was reared in complete darkness while the second one was subjected to permanent noise.
  • (4) Mild, significant improvement was noted in one of the hearing components, "attenuation," and an adverse effect was shown on "distortion," owing to noise.
  • (5) It was found that there was a substantial increase in mortality rates in the area under the jets where there was large noise radiation.
  • (6) Noise exposure and demographic data applicable to the United States, and procedures for predicting noise-induced permanent threshold shift (NIPTS) and nosocusis, were used to account for some 8.7 dB of the 13.4 dB average difference between the hearing levels at high frequencies for otologically and noise screened versus unscreened male ears; (this average difference is for the average of the hearing levels at 3000, 4000, and 6000 Hz, average for the 10th, 50th, and 90th percentiles, and ages 20-65 years).
  • (7) The effects of noise on information processing in perceptual and memory tasks, as well as time reaction to perceptual stimuli, were investigated in a laboratory experiment.
  • (8) As a result of measures taken to reduce artifacts and to improve the signal-to-noise ratio, the measurements were performed reliably, with little inconvenience for the patients; all measurements could be used for analysis.
  • (9) For frozen noises, the same sample of noise was presented throughout a block of 50 trials; for the random noises, different samples of noise were used in each interval of the trials.
  • (10) Hospital noise has repeatedly been demonstrated to exceed levels recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency.
  • (11) Two different mental stressors were used: a mental arithmetic task with low stimulus intensity and one with high stimulus intensity characterised by more challenging instructions, a more competitive situation, and exposure to affective noise.
  • (12) In one normal ear, ten noise trauma ears, 11 Meniere disease ears, and 24 eighth nerve lesion ears to reflexes or reflex decay that were suggestive or retrocochlear lesions were observed.
  • (13) Eventually, when the noise died down, the pair made a dash for it, taking refuge in a nearby restaurant for the rest of the night.
  • (14) The subjects were exposed to manganese, iron , chromium compounds, thermal radiation, high temperature and noise.
  • (15) Similar responses were obtained with gated noise bursts and by pauses in a series of clicks.
  • (16) A philosophy student at Sussex University, he was part of an improvised comedy sketch group and one skit required him to beatbox (making complex drum noises with your mouth).
  • (17) The footballer said the noise of the engine was too loud to hear if Cameron snored but his night "wasn't the best".
  • (18) Although a clean step response or the ensemble average of several responses contaminated with noise is needed for the generation of the filter, random noise of magnitude less than or equal to 0.5% added to the response to be corrected does not impair the correction severely.
  • (19) A final experiment confirmed a prediction from the above theory that when recalling the original sequence, omissions (recalling no word) will decrease and transpositions (giving the wrong word) will increase as noise level increases.
  • (20) A grassed roof, solar panels to provide hot water, a small lake to catch rainwater which is then recycled, timber cladding for insulation ... even the pitch and floodlights are "deliberately positioned below the level of the surrounding terrain in order to reduce noise and light pollution for the neighbouring population".

Swashbuckler


Definition:

  • (n.) A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Fantastic Beasts, which is set 70 years prior to the arrival of Potter and his pals at the magical Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, will feature the swashbuckling adventurer Newt Scamander.
  • (2) Only Chelsea are above Brendan Rodgers' swashbuckling side in the Premier League table now.
  • (3) Eliot Spitzer, who as the swashbuckling New York state attorney general unearthed the stock ramping of the dotcom bubble, was elected governor of New York in January 2007 but lasted less than 18 months after he was linked to a prostitution ring and forced to quit.
  • (4) On a recent Tuesday morning, as schoolchildren careered through the villa's sun-splashed corridors, one girl quietly contemplated a photograph of a swashbuckling pirate wearing a raffia tricorne .
  • (5) It was hard to know what to expect from United: would we see the swashbuckling side that stormed past Olympiakos on Wednesday night to reach the last eight of the Champions League or the one that was embarrassed by Liverpool?
  • (6) Photograph: Allstar One, two, swashbuckle my shoe: history's bow tie spins in horror as 15th-century polymath is recast as wisecrackin' action hunk.
  • (7) The film begins in 2008, and follows the WikiLeaks founder's ascent from underground hacktivist to international terrorist, in the eyes of Washington, or swashbuckling cyberhero to his admirers.
  • (8) The appearance of Ballesteros on that list is especially pertinent, given the swashbuckling style which links him and Mickelson.
  • (9) Peacock was a swashbuckling centre-forward when he was on Bristol City’s books as a schoolboy, until he was 14.
  • (10) Avatar 2, 3 and 4 will also feature returning stars Sam Worthington, as disabled soldier turned swashbuckling Na'avi rebel Jake Sully, and Zoe Saldana as his alien paramour Neytiri.
  • (11) It is not the most obvious of roles for Bean, now 58, who built a name for himself as a swashbuckler and sword-swinger, famous mostly for his many glorious on-screen deaths .
  • (12) He’s the Bundesliga’s most successful foreign goal-scorer (176 goals before the start of the season), he looks like a swashbuckling 1950s film star and his signing promised nothing less than a return to the good old times, when Werder weren’t serial relegation contenders but taking on Europe’s heavyweights in the Champions League.
  • (13) Swashbuckling victories over Croatia caught the eye, but Terry's most admirable display came in leading a youthful team to victory in Berlin.
  • (14) Predictably, Cardinale and Rochefort had worked together before – in a 1962 swashbuckler called Cartouche, also starring Jean-Paul Belmondo .
  • (15) Barely 12 months later, the Shell lifer has turned into a swashbuckling corporate acquirer, agreeing to take over BG in one of the biggest deals ever seen in the energy sector.
  • (16) The Algerian, Spanish and even Germans fans in Gijón were disgusted by what they witnessed and waved white hankies and so on to protest,” says Chaabane Merzekane, a full-back whose swashbuckling performance in toppling the Germans earned him the man-of-the-match award.
  • (17) He was seen as a back-to-basics operator by the City who loved Browne's swashbuckling style until the share price began to suffer after the Texas City fire, a pipeline spill in Alaska and a propylene trading scandal.
  • (18) Their eye-pleasing, swashbuckling style has served them well on the domestic front over the past two seasons, but not so well in Europe.
  • (19) A similar swashbuckling spirit – and, perhaps, Ferdinand's presence on the coaching staff – was one of the factors that attracted Pienaar to Spurs.
  • (20) It took barely 10 minutes for a room full of sombre shareholders to deliver the last rites yesterday to Bear Stearns , the 85-year-old Wall Street brokerage once feared for its swashbuckling, high-risk culture of aggression.