Babel
Babel noun - Loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound.
Usage example: the babel of languages and accents that can be heard at the city's farmers' market every weekend
Decibel
Decibel noun - A logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity.
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