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People call many different kinds of sounds "noise". What is called a "noise" is highly subjective: depending on its loudness and sound characteristics, the same sound can be called a "pleasant noise" by some people whilst exactly the same sound can be called an "unpleasant noise" by other people! Some very loud music of a particular type or genre that you don't like is a good example!

"Physical noise" is the kind of noise that is caused by some physical objects either, at one extreme, banging very loudly against each other or, at the other extreme, tapping very lightly against each other, or things which make a "squeak" such as a wheel on an axle that needs oiling... Those are all examples of "physical noises".

An example of a "non-physical noise", that is not caused by any normal physical objects repeatedly touching or rubbing against each other, would be an electronically-produced sound such as "white noise" which is generated entirely inside an electronic circuit. However a scientist such as nuclear physicist, or a sound engineer, would probably say that "white noise" is actually the amplified sound of electrons hitting each other as they move through an object such as a conductor or semiconductor!

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