Difference between Cacophonous and Strident

CACOPHONOUS vs STRIDENT: ADJECTIVE

Being sharply insistent on being heard
Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
Vigorous; making strides
Grating or obnoxious
Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.
Forcefully assertive or severely critical.
Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill: : vociferous.
Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
Unpleasantly loud and harsh

Hoarse, Rasping, Raspy, Squawky, Croaky, Rending, Strident, Croaking, Grating, Jarring, Guttural, Jangly, Jangling, Raucous, Cacophonic

Outspoken, Forceful, Vehement, Manifest, Hard, Shrill, Clamourous, Clamant, Blatant, Noisy, Raucous, Cacophonic, Cacophonous, Clamorous, Vociferous

Hoarse, Rasping, Raspy, Squawky, Croaky, Rending, Strident, Croaking, Grating, Jarring, Guttural, Jangly, Jangling, Raucous, Cacophonic

Outspoken, Forceful, Vehement, Manifest, Hard, Shrill, Clamourous, Clamant, Blatant, Noisy, Raucous, Cacophonic, Cacophonous, Clamorous, Vociferous

And it gets louder and louder and more cacophonous.
And of course there's the great new album shirt out from NB, and even two old Bal-Sagoth shirts still available from Cacophonous.
These chime the hour in a cacophonous crescendo that matches the pace of their sexual passion.
What it is is a cacophonous assault of eucalyptus, bayberry, cinnamon and vanilla.
Cacophonous Records, yet were pigeonholed into making a new release before they could leave the label.
Given the choice, Heck would solve most problems with cacophonous violence.

But the Facebook event description he wrote was even more strident.
The political savvy lowered their strident voices to whisper amongst themselves.
In the face of mounting resistance, Alexander became increasingly strident.
This is not the strident voice of a flaming radical.
Keith Kloor lumps me with Dawkins as sneering, strident, and.
Ward has taken on strident voices in the Republican Party.
Be realistic and positive rather than strident or demanding.
Within its ranks are known strident critics of Mugabe.
My strongest bulwark against succumbing is strident opposition.
The dispute had not always been so strident.