Intellectual vs. Sound — What's the Difference?

Pertaining to the intellect or mental capacity.

Vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard.

Characterized by intellect and deep understanding.

In good condition; not damaged or faulty.

A person deeply engaged in scholarly pursuits and critical thinking.

Based on reason, sense, or judgment.

Appealing to or engaging the intellect.

To measure the depth of something, especially water.

Valuing or prioritizing mental over physical activities.

In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. In human physiology and psychology, sound is the reception of such waves and their perception by the brain.

An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection to advance discussions of academic subjects. This often involves publishing work for consumption by the general public that adds depth to issues that affect society.

Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.

Relating to the intellect

Transmitted vibrations of any frequency.

A person possessing a highly developed intellect

The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.

Of or relating to the intellect.

Such sensations considered as a group.

Rational rather than emotional

A distinctive noise

Appealing to or engaging the intellect

The distance over which something can be heard

Having or showing intellect, especially to a high degree.

An articulation made by the vocal apparatus

Given to activities or pursuits that require exercise of the intellect.

The distinctive character of such an articulation

An intellectual person.

A mental impression; an implication

Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.

Auditory material that is recorded, as for a movie.

Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness

Meaningless noise.

Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect

(Music) A distinctive style, as of an orchestra or singer.

Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.

(Archaic) Rumor; report.

Spiritual.

A long, relatively wide body of water, larger than a strait or a channel, connecting larger bodies of water.

An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.

A long, wide ocean inlet.

(archaic) The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.

(Archaic) The swim bladder of a fish.

Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.

An instrument used to examine or explore body cavities, as for foreign bodies or other abnormalities, or to dilate strictures in them.

Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an intellectual person.

To make or give forth a sound

Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect; as, intellectual employments.

To be given forth as a sound

Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy.

To present a particular impression

The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.

To cause to give forth or produce a sound

A learned person or one of high intelligence;

To summon, announce, or signal by a sound

A person who uses the mind creatively

(Linguistics) To articulate; pronounce

Of or relating to the intellect;

To make known; celebrate

Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind;

To examine (a body organ or part) by causing to emit sound; auscultate.

Appealing to or using the intellect;

To measure the depth of (water), especially by means of a weighted line; fathom.

Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct;

To try to learn the attitudes or opinions of

To probe (a body cavity) with a sound.

To measure depth.

To dive swiftly downward. Used of a marine mammal or a fish.

To look into a possibility; investigate.

Free from defect, decay, or damage; in good condition

Free from disease or injury.

Marked by or showing common sense and good judgment; levelheaded

Based on valid reasoning; having no logical flaws

(Logic) Of or relating to an argument in which all the premises are true and the conclusion follows from the premises.

Secure or stable

Financially secure or safe

Thorough; complete

Deep and unbroken; undisturbed

Compatible with an accepted point of view; orthodox

Thoroughly; deeply

Healthy.

Complete, solid, or secure.

Having the property of soundness.

Good; acceptable; decent.

(of sleep) Quiet and deep.

Heavy; laid on with force.

Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.

Soundly.

Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.

A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.

A vibration capable of causing such sensations.

(music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra, &.

Noise without meaning; empty noise.

, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.

(phonetics) A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound.

A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.

The air bladder of a fish.

A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.

(intransitive) To produce a sound.

(copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.

(intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.

To resound.

To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.

(transitive) To cause to produce a sound.

To pronounce.

(intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.

To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.

Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

(medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

A cuttlefish.

A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound.

Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture.

The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human voice; a horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp, high, or shrill sound.

The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise on sound.

Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.

Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.

Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; - said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding.

Firm; strong; safe.

Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; - said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker.

Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles.

Heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.

Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.

Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land.

Soundly.

To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.

Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.

To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient.

To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect.

To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.

To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention.

To cause to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn; to sound an alarm.

To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.

To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a retreat; to sound a parley.

To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit.

To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient.

To signify; to import; to denote.

The particular auditory effect produced by a given cause;

The subjective sensation of hearing something;

Mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium;

The sudden occurrence of an audible event;

The audible part of a transmitted signal;

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

A large ocean inlet or deep bay;

Appear in a certain way;

Make a certain noise or sound;

Give off a certain sound or sounds;

Announce by means of a sound;

Utter with vibrating vocal chords

Cause to sound;

Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

Financially secure and safe;

Exercising or showing good judgment;

In good condition; free from defect or damage or decay;

In excellent physical condition;

Reflects weight of sound argument or evidence;

Having legal efficacy or force;

Free from moral defect;

(of sleep) deep and complete;

Thorough;

Deeply or completely;

An expanse of water, especially a wide bay or channel.

No, intellectual activities can span informal debates, self-study, or any deep thinking.

Yes, for example: "He is an intellectual (noun). He enjoys intellectual (adjective) debates."

Reading can be an intellectual activity, especially when it involves deep understanding and reflection.

Yes, the clap produces sound waves that travel through the air to our ears.

While intellectuals value deep thinking, the term doesn't solely denote intelligence.

Yes, an intellectual idea can still be flawed or not based on sound reasoning.

No, an intellectual might be self-taught or engage in deep thinking outside of academia.

No, some sounds, like ultrasonic waves, are beyond human hearing range.

It means the argument is logical, well-reasoned, and valid.

No, while some sounds are musical, others can be noise or everyday ambient sounds.

Yes, calling something "sound" can mean it's in good condition or health.

It refers to the speed at which an object moves faster than the speed of sound, creating a sonic boom.

Absolutely, intellectuals can deeply engage in any field, including arts.

Yes, some animals can hear frequencies outside the human audible range.

Not necessarily. Intellectuals engage deeply in subjects, but expertise requires extensive knowledge and experience.