Difference between Earsplitting and Loud

Earsplitting

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Extremely loud, painfully loud.

Loud

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: loudly.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of a sound, of great intensity.Of a person, event, etc, noisy.Of a person, event, etc, non-subtle, brash.Of a colour, clothing, etc, having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns.

Example sentence: I had a speech class in elementary school. And you know how teachers, when a kid is struggling to pronounce a word, used to lead him and say, 'Johnny, sounds like... ? Johnny, sounds like... ?' I said out loud, 'Sounds like Johnny can't read.' Teacher told me to leave the room.