Resound vs Reecho - What's the difference?
Resound is a synonym of reecho. As verbs the difference between resound and reecho is that resound is to sound again or resound can be to reverberate with sound or noise while reecho is to reverberate. As a noun reecho is a second or subsequent echo.
resound
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(en verb )
to sound again
to echo a sound
Etymology 2
From (etyl) resownen, from (etyl) resoner, from (etyl)
Verb
(en verb )
to reverberate with sound or noise
- The street resounded with the noise of the children’s game.
to make a reverberating sound
- The sound of the brass band resounded through the town.
To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo.
* Alexander Pope
- Albion’s cliffs resound the rural lay.
To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of.
* Alexander Pope
- The man for wisdom’s various arts renowned, / Long exercised in woes, O muse, resound .
Derived terms
* resounded
* resounding
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reecho
English
Noun
(en-noun)
A second or subsequent echo
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