EUPHONY (Noun) and CACOPHONY (Noun)

EUPHONY (Noun)

Meaning- pleasing or sweet sound or harmonious succession of words having a pleasing sound.

Mnemonic trick- ‘eu’ is a root word for good or well. ‘phony’ is a root word for ‘sound’. Therefore, euphony means pleasing or sweet sound.

Uses-

•          In the interest of euphony some harmonious sound is needed to bridge the great gap which almost always exists between the bass and the upper instruments, but this filling out most be of the softest and most atmospheric kind.
•          The language is much ruled by laws of euphony, which have been strictly formulated by native grammarians.

CACOPHONY (Noun)

Meaning- 1) the quality of having bad sounds.

                        2) Inharmonious combination of dissonance.

Mnemonic trick- The word cacophony contains word ‘coph’ and ‘phony’. ‘coph’ sounds similar to cough. KAKA is ‘coughing’ and his ‘coughing’ is adding to ‘cacophony’ in my room.

Synonym- NOISE, CLAMOR, DISCORDANCE

Uses-

•          The sounds of barking dogs and sirens added to the cacophony on the streets.
•          When I went to student’ s concert, I was startled by the cacophony of the inharmonious presentations by the school’ s musician.
•          The author used many cacophonies in the text, capturing the realistic sounds of the birds in the jungle.