Echo and Sound

Echo

Echo verb - To continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves.
Usage example: my calls for help echoed off the walls of the abandoned mine shaft

Sound is a synonym for echo in effect topic. In some cases you can use "Sound" instead the word "Echo" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: echoing, echoed, echoic

Sound

Sound verb - To continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves.
Usage example: the stranded hiker's cries for help sounded throughout the canyon

Echo is a synonym for sound in effect topic. You can use "Echo" instead the word "Sound" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as resound, produce noise.

How words are described

old old echo old sound
familiar familiar echo familiar sound
faint faint echo faint sound
low low echo low sound
Other adjectives: exact, original, sharp, distinct, constant, little, dark, ominous, odd, eerie, electronic.

Common collocations

phrase echo phrase sound phrase
woman echo woman sound woman
look echo look sound look
appearance echo appearance sound appearance
Other words: bit, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Broken Echo is a Sister Trope, where it's a voice that's wrong instead of a sound effect.
    Source: Sound Defect
  • Some series don't use an echo, employing instead some other sound effect such as harp music or a bell, usually accompanied by a blurring/fading dissolve to the memory.
  • Video Game / Chrono Trigger There's a section of Magus' Castle where the normal battle music is overriden by the minimalist dungeon music, and nearly every sound has an echo effect added to it.
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