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âactions speak louder than wordsâ in American English. actions speak louder than words. Team USA is not expected to win, but they believe actions speak louder than words. âº what you do is more important than what you say, because the things you do show your true intentions and feelings: Team USA is not expected to win, but they believe
In other words, how loud things seem is a subjective thing and not something we can easily measure. However, what makes one sound seem louder than another is the amount of energy that the source of the sound is pumping towards the listener in the form of pressure variations in the air. That's the intensity of the sound and it's an objective thingâsomething we can easily measure and agree on. Meters that measure sound levels work by calculating the pressure of the sound waves traveling through the air from a source of noise. That's why you'll sometimes see them referred to as sound pressure level (SPL) meters.