Din vs. Noise

A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.

(intransitive) To make a din, to resound.

(intransitive) (of a place) To be filled with sound, to resound.

(transitive) To assail (a person, the ears) with loud noise.

(transitive) To repeat continuously, as though to the point of deafening or exhausting somebody.

Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar.

Example: ‘Think you a little din can daunt mine ears?’; ‘He knew the battle's din afar.’; ‘The dust and din and steam of town.’;

To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries.

To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding.

Example: ‘This hath been often dinned in my ears.’;

To sound with a din; a ding.

Example: ‘The gay viol dinning in the dale.’;

a loud harsh or strident noise

the act of making a noisy disturbance

make a resonant sound, like artillery;

Example: ‘His deep voice boomed through the hall’;

instill (into a person) by constant repetition;

Example: ‘he dinned the lessons into his students’;

Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.

Example: ‘He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all the noise.’;

Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.

(technology) Unwanted part of a signal.

Example: ‘signal-to-noise ratio’;

Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity.

(genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.

Rumour or complaint.

Example: ‘The problems with the new computer system are causing a lot of noise at Head Office.’;

(obsolete) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.

(music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.

(intransitive) To make a noise; to sound.

(transitive) To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.

Sound of any kind.

Example: ‘The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noiseto us perceived.’;

Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din.

Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report.

Example: ‘What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood!’; ‘Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages.’;

Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.

Example: ‘The king has his noise of gypsies.’;

To sound; to make a noise.

To spread by rumor or report.

Example: ‘All these sayings were noised abroad.’;

To disturb with noise.

sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound);

Example: ‘he enjoyed the street noises’; ‘they heard indistinct noises of people talking’; ‘during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels’;

the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience;

Example: ‘modern music is just noise to me’;

electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

a loud outcry of protest or complaint;

Example: ‘the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise’; ‘whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could’;

incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks;

Example: ‘all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say’;

the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan

emit a noise

a sound, especially one that is loud or unpleasant or that causes disturbance

Example: ‘making a noise like a pig’; ‘what's that rustling noise outside the door?’;

a series or combination of loud, confused sounds, especially when causing disturbance

Example: ‘vibration and noise from traffic’; ‘she was dazed with the heat and noise’;

conventional remarks made to express something

Example: ‘the government made tough noises about defending sterling’;

irregular fluctuations that accompany a transmitted electrical signal but are not part of it and tend to obscure it

Example: ‘the enhancer can improve the video signal quality, reducing noise and increasing image sharpness’;

random fluctuations that obscure or do not contain meaningful data or other information

Example: ‘over half the magnitude of the differences came from noise in the data’;

talk about or make known publicly

Example: ‘you've discovered something that should not be noised about’;

make much noise

Example: ‘rook, crow and jackdaw—noising loud’;

Noise is unwanted sound considered unpleasant, loud or disruptive to hearing. From a physics standpoint, noise is indistinguishable from desired sound, as both are vibrations through a medium, such as air or water.