Aural and Aura
Maybe the aura cannot be seen but only heard?
aura –noun
- 1. a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere: an aura of respectability; an aura of friendliness.
2. a subtly pervasive quality or atmosphere seen as emanating from a person, place, or thing.
3. Pathology. a sensation, as of lights or a current of warm or cold air, preceding an attack of migraine or epilepsy.
aural –adjective
- 1. of or pertaining to an aura.
2. of or pertaining to the ear or to the sense of hearing.
The etymologies for the two words are different, but there has got to be a connection...
Etymology of aura
1859, "subtle emanation around living beings;" earlier "gentle breeze" (late 14c.), from L. aura "breeze, wind, air," from Gk. aura "breath, breeze," from PIE base *awer-.Etymology of aural
1847, "pertaining to the ear," from L. auris "ear" (see ear (1)) + -al (1). Meaning "received or perceived by ear" is attested from 1860.What are your thoughts? Is there a relation between aura and aural?
Do you have any theory, hypothesis or thesis?
Do you have any theory, hypothesis or thesis?