The difference between ductility and sonorous
is that "ductility" is ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force and "sonorous" is capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound.
ductility
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sonorous
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Noun
- (physics) Ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force.
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Adjective
- Capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound.
- Full of sound and rich, as in language or verse.
- Wordy or grandiloquent.
- (linguistics, phonetics) Produced with a relatively open vocal tract and relatively little obstruction of airflow.
Synonyms
- (giving out a deep, resonant sound): booming, canorous; sonorous
- (full of sound and rich):
- (wordy, grandiloquent): prolix, sesquipedalian; verbose
Related terms
- sonorant
- sonority
- sonorously
- sonorousness
Examples
- The highlight of the hike was the sonorous cave, which produced a ringing echo from the hiker’s shouts.
- The Oath is redacted ; pronounced aloud by President Bailly, — and indeed in such a sonorous tone, that the cloud of witnesses, even outdoors, hear it, and bellow response to it.
- For this reason the Italian opera seldom sinks into a poorness of language, but, amidst all the meanness and familiarity of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression.
- He was selected to give the opening speech thanks to his imposing, sonorous voice.
- There is nothing of the artificial Johnsonian balance in his style. It is as often marked by a pregnant brevity as by a sonorous amplitude.
- Vowels are more sonorous than consonants, and so we perceive them as louder and lasting longer.
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