How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Being deaf means that you yourself have some degree of hearing loss (not, as commonly assumed, complete hearing loss; the term for that is "profound deafness").
Source: Psmith Psyndrome -
Senator Albert Fall during an oil-related Congressional hearing in the 1920s; it amused Anderson that a term such as "milkshake" would be used as an analogy in a senator's testimony.
Source: Film / There Will Be Blood - It may result from hearing a certain slang term or after a character gives Too Much Information—it might even have a potent psychological effect.
Source: Never Say That Again
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Term and Hearing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hearing/term
Hearing & Term. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hearing/term>.
Term or Hearing. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hearing/term.
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