Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Babel/quiet

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Babel/quiet:

Babel: noun - confused mixture of sounds; meaningless noise; scene of confusion; a noisy gathering.

'Will you cease this Babel and give me peace to think?'

Quiet: noun - absence of excess noise or activity in the environment; silence; stillness or tranquillity;

'Ah, the blessed quiet of the barely-populated rural idyll; a place to refresh the spirit.'

Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Babel

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Babel: noun – Babel was the city and tower where, according to the Bible (Genesis 11), all the confusion of different tongues took place: a confusion of sounds, meaningless noise; a scene of confusion, noisy assembly; a high structure, visionary project: adjective - confused, turbulent; lofty, visionary.

'When the lights went out in King's Cross Station, the resultant confusion caused a Babel from the many confounded and bewildered passengers caught there.'

'The reflected sunlight, contrasting with the deep shadows of the bazaar, caused a riot of colour, dazzling the eye with its Babel patchwork.'