The difference between Ball and Blast
When used as interjections, ball means an appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. this is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled, whereas blast means to show displeasure.
When used as nouns, ball means a quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape, whereas blast means a violent gust of wind.
When used as verbs, ball means to form or wind into a ball, whereas blast means to confound by a loud blast or din.
check bellow for the other definitions of Ball and Blast
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Ball as a noun (ballistics):
A solid or hollow sphere, or part thereof. A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape. A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, etc. # A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin. # Such bullets collectively. #* 1659, , England's Confusion, London, p.7,[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A69468.0001.001] #*: the Good Old Cause, which, as they seemed to represent it, smelt of Gunpowder and ball #* 1719, , , London: W. Taylor, p.294,[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004845034.0001.000] #*: I gave each of them a Musket with a Firelock on it, and about eight Charges of Powder and Ball, charging them to be very good Husbands of both, and not to use either of them but upon urgent Occasion. #* 1803, , The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, Letter 5, p.148,[https://archive.org/details/cihm_44228] #*: some headstrong Maroons were using a soldier of Captain Craskell's ill, and compelling him to write to his commander, that it was too late to do any thing good, and that they wanted nothing, having got plenty of powder and ball A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body. The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes. The globe; the earthly sphere. The set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point; specifically, the homologue of the disk in a Euclidean space of any number of dimensions. The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point; the analogue of the disk in a Euclidean space. An object, generally spherical, used for playing games.
Examples:
"a ball of spittle; a fecal ball'"
"a ball of wool; a ball of twine"
"the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot"
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Ball as a noun (sport):
A round or ellipsoidal object. Any simple game involving a ball. A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone. An opportunity to launch the pinball into play. A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over. A pass; a kick of the football towards a teammate.
Examples:
"The children were playing ball on the beach."
"The children were playing ball in the garden."
"If you get to a million points, you get another ball."
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Ball as a noun (mildly, vulgar, slang, usually in plural):
A testicle. Nonsense. Courage.
Examples:
"That’s a load of balls, and you know it!"
"I doubt he’s got the balls to tell him off."
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Ball as a noun (printing, historical):
A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
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Ball as a noun (farriery, historical):
A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
Examples:
"rfquotek White"
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Ball as a verb (transitive):
To form or wind into a ball.
Examples:
"to ball cotton"
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Ball as a verb (metalworking):
To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
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Ball as a verb (transitive, vulgar):
To have sexual intercourse with.
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Ball as a verb (ambitransitive):
To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
Examples:
"The horse balls; the snow balls."
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Ball as a verb (slang, usually in present participle):
To be hip or cool.
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Ball as a verb (nonstandard, slang):
To play basketball.
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Ball as a noun:
A formal dance.
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Ball as a noun (informal):
A very enjoyable time.
Examples:
"I had a ball at that concert."
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Blast as a noun:
A violent gust of wind.
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Blast as a noun:
A forcible stream of air from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the mouth, etc.
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Blast as a noun:
A hit from a pipe.
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Blast as a noun:
The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace
Examples:
"many tons of iron were melted at a blast"
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Blast as a noun:
The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
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Blast as a noun:
An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
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Blast as a noun:
An explosive charge for blasting.
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Blast as a noun:
A loud, sudden sound.
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Blast as a noun:
A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
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Blast as a noun (figuratively, informal):
A good time; an enjoyable moment.
Examples:
"We had a blast at the party last night."
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Blast as a noun (marketing):
A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.
Examples:
"an e-mail blast; a fax blast"
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Blast as a noun:
A flatulent disease of sheep.
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Blast as a verb (transitive):
To confound by a loud blast or din.
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Blast as a verb (intransitive):
To make a loud noise.
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Blast as a verb (transitive):
To shatter, as if by an explosion.
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Blast as a verb (transitive):
To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
Examples:
"Blast right through it."
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Blast as a verb (transitive):
To curse; to damn.
Examples:
"Blast it! Foiled again."
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Blast as a verb (transitive):
To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
Examples:
"Chewbacca blasted the Stormtroopers with his laser rifle."
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Blast as a verb (soccer):
To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
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Blast as a verb:
To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
Examples:
"My manager suddenly blasted me yesterday for being a little late to work for five days in a row, because I was never getting myself up on time."
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Blast as a verb (transitive):
To blight or wither.
Examples:
"A cold wind blasted the rose plants."
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Blast as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To be blighted or withered.
Examples:
"The bud blasted in the blossom."
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Blast as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To blow, for example on a trumpet.
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Blast as a noun (cytology):
An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).
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Blast as a verb (biology, informal, transitive):
To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).