The difference between Bang and Fringe
When used as nouns, bang means a sudden percussive noise, whereas fringe means a decorative border.
When used as verbs, bang means to make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something, whereas fringe means to decorate with fringe.
Bang is also interjection with the meaning: a sudden percussive sound.
Bang is also adverb with the meaning: right, directly.
Fringe is also adjective with the meaning: outside the mainstream.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bang and Fringe
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Bang as a noun:
A sudden percussive noise.
Examples:
"When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang."
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Bang as a noun:
A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
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Bang as a noun:
An explosion.
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Bang as a noun (US, especially plural):
A fringe of hair cut across the forehead.
Examples:
"Tiffany has long hair and bangs."
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Bang as a noun (US):
The symbol , known as an exclamation point.
Examples:
"An [[e-mail]] address with an ! is called a [[bang path bang path]]."
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Bang as a noun (mathematics):
A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
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Bang as a noun (vulgar, slang):
An act of sexual intercourse.
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Bang as a noun:
An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
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Bang as a noun (slang, mining):
An explosive product.
Examples:
"Load the bang into the hole."
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Bang as a noun (slang, US, Boston area):
An abrupt left turn.
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Bang as a verb (intransitive):
To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
Examples:
"The fireworks banged away all through the night."
"Stop banging on the door. I heard you the first time!"
"My head was banging after drinking all night at the concert."
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Bang as a verb (ambitransitive):
To hit hard.
Examples:
"He banged the door shut."
"David and Mary banged into each other."
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Bang as a verb (slang, ambitransitive, vulgar):
To engage in sexual intercourse.
Examples:
"We can hear the couple banging upstairs."
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Bang as a verb (with "in"):
To hammer or to hit anything hard.
Examples:
"Hold the picture while I bang in this nail."
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Bang as a verb (transitive):
To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
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Bang as an adverb:
Right, directly.
Examples:
"The passenger door was bang against the garage wall."
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Bang as an adverb:
Precisely.
Examples:
"He arrived bang on time."
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Bang as an adverb:
With a sudden impact.
Examples:
"Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door."
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Bang as a noun:
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Fringe as a noun:
A decorative border.
Examples:
"the fringe of a picture"
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Fringe as a noun:
A marginal or peripheral part.
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Fringe as a noun:
Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.
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Fringe as a noun:
The periphery of a town or city.
Examples:
"He lives in the fringe of London."
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Fringe as a noun:
That part of the hair that hangs down above the eyes; bangs.
Examples:
"Her fringe is so long it covers her eyes."
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Fringe as a noun (physics):
A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
Examples:
"interference fringe"
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Fringe as a noun:
Non-mainstream theatre.
Examples:
"The Fringe''; ''Edinburgh Fringe''; ''Adelaide Fringe"
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Fringe as a noun (botany):
The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
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Fringe as a noun (golf):
The area around the green
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Fringe as an adjective:
Outside the mainstream.
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Fringe as a verb (transitive):
To decorate with fringe.
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Fringe as a verb (transitive):
To serve as a fringe.