What is the relationship between the following pair of words?

noisy : deafening

a.
same meanings

b.
quality to thing

c.
lesser to greater

d.
part to whole

The correct answer is C. Lesser to greater

Explanation:

In language, words tend to be related to each other in different ways this includes relationships of similarity, differences, same group belonging, adjective-object or different degrees of the same adjective. Although determining the type of relationship between two or more words is not always simple, this can be done by analyzing the meaning of both words. In the case of the words noisy and deafening these two words are adjectives, which means they both describe or modify a noun; however, their meaning differs slightly, the word "noisy" means something or someone that produces a lot of noise and the word "deafening" refers to someone or something that produces so much noise that it makes someone deaf or feeling overwhelmed by the situation. Therefore, the meaning of both words is similar considering both are related to the noise but in the case of "deafening" it describes  a higher degree of noise than "noisy", which means the relationship between these words is "lesser to greater" relationship as they are both adjectives with the same meaning but with a different degree and the word "noisy" belong to a lower degree than the word "deafening".

what did the protagonist say?

c. to depict the cunningness of the federal soldiers