sound - noise

sound - noise
used as count nouns
A sound is something that you can hear. If it is unpleasant or unexpected, you refer to it as a noise. You say that machinery makes a noise. People and animals can also make noises.

A sudden noise made Brody jump.

Dolphins produce a great variety of noises.

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used as uncount nouns
Sound and noise can both be used as uncount nouns.
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Sound is the general term for what you hear as a result of vibrations travelling through the air, water, etc.

...the speed of sound.

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Note that when you use sound with this meaning, you do not talk about `the sound'.
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You do not use expressions such as `much' or `a lot of' with sound. You do not say, for example, `There was a lot of sound'. You say `There was a lot of noise'.

Is that the wind making all that noise?

Try not to make so much noise.

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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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