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Clank (Wiktionary)
Noun: A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
Usage notes:
Clank usually expresses a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.
Edited to add:
And yet, this glass lid just made a "Clingggggg!" sound. In English, the word cling* isn't used for sounds. But German does; it has the verb "klingen" for the ringing of bells.
*I was wrong. Etymology #2 in the Wiktionary entry for the English word cling does have definition "To produce a high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell".
So... in English at least, having the 'ng' on the end imitates and implies a resounding sound, whereas 'nk" at the end imitates and implies a non-resounding sound.
"Bang" implies to me a little bit of resonance/ongoing sound.
"Boom" does too but maybe less, and lower pitched.
Noun: A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
Usage notes:
Clank usually expresses a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.
Edited to add:
And yet, this glass lid just made a "Clingggggg!" sound. In English, the word cling* isn't used for sounds. But German does; it has the verb "klingen" for the ringing of bells.
*I was wrong. Etymology #2 in the Wiktionary entry for the English word cling does have definition "To produce a high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell".
So... in English at least, having the 'ng' on the end imitates and implies a resounding sound, whereas 'nk" at the end imitates and implies a non-resounding sound.
"Bang" implies to me a little bit of resonance/ongoing sound.
"Boom" does too but maybe less, and lower pitched.