Call Up vs Ring - What's the Difference?

Call Up

Ring

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • an order to report for military duty
Definition as Noun
  • a characteristic sound
  • a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
  • jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
  • a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
  • (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
  • an association of criminals
  • a toroidal shape
  • a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
  • the sound of a bell ringing
Definition as Verb
  • bring forward for consideration
  • get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
  • recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
  • cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively
  • call to arms; of military personnel
Definition as Verb
  • attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
  • get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
  • make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
  • sound loudly and sonorously
  • ring or echo with sound
  • extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

Examples

  • "The case was called up in court"
  • "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
  • "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
  • "clicking on the icon calls up the program"; "the author's description of the banquet called up delicious aromas"; "running into an old friend summoned up memories of her childhood"
  • "it has the ring of sincerity"
  • "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band"
  • "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"
  • "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"
  • "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"
  • "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe
  • "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"
  • "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
  • "ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"
  • "the bells rang"
  • "the hall resounded with laughter"
  • "The forest surrounds my property"

Parts of Speech

Noun, Verb
Noun, Verb