Hearing and Sounding

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Hearing noun - Range of hearing.

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Sounding and hearing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sounding" instead a noun "Hearing".

Nearby Words: hear, hearer

Sounding noun - A measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line.

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Hearing and sounding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hearing" instead a noun "Sounding".

Nearby Words: sound, sounded, sounder

So imagine the surprise in finding a newsreel of Patton giving a speech and hearing a high, almost squeaky tenor with an almost British-sounding accent...

Source: Vocal Dissonance
Then again, considering that the alien language of the Twelve Kingdoms is presented as sounding exactly the same to the viewer (and specifically to Youko's hearing), the physical similarities might simply be a case of trying not to confuse the audience too much.

Source: Light Novel / The Twelve Kingdoms
One part of The Lorax describes the trouble you'll have hearing the Once-ler's story, including "his teeth sounding gray."

Source: Tastes Like Purple

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