The difference between Bang and Slam
When used as nouns, bang means a sudden percussive noise, whereas slam means a sudden impact or blow.
When used as verbs, bang means to make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something, whereas slam means to shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
Bang is also interjection with the meaning: a sudden percussive sound.
Bang is also adverb with the meaning: right, directly.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bang and Slam
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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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Slam as a verb (transitive, ergative):
To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
Examples:
"Don't slam the door!"
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Slam as a verb (transitive, ergative):
To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
Examples:
"Don't slam that trunk down on the pavement!"
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Slam as a verb (transitive):
To strike forcefully with some implement.
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Slam as a verb (transitive, colloquial):
To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
Examples:
"Don't ever slam me in front of the boss like that again!"
"Union leaders slammed the new proposals."
"Critics slammed the new film, calling it violent and meaningless."
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Slam as a verb (basketball):
To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
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Slam as a verb (intransitive, bridge):
To make a slam bid.
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Slam as a verb (transitive, card games):
To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
Examples:
"rfquotek Hoyle"
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Slam as a verb (transitive, slang):
to change providers (e.g. of domain registration or telephone carrier) for a customer without clear (if any) consent.
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Slam as a verb:
to drink off, to drink quickly
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Slam as a verb:
to compete in a poetry slam
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Slam as a verb (transitive, drugs, slang):
to inject intravenously; shoot up
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Slam as a noun (countable):
A sudden impact or blow.
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Slam as a noun (countable):
The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
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Slam as a noun (countable, basketball):
A slam dunk.
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Slam as a noun (countable, colloquial, US):
An insult.
Examples:
"I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes."
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Slam as a noun (uncountable):
The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
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Slam as a noun:
A poetry slam.
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Slam as a noun (UK, dialect):
The refuse of alum works.
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Slam as a noun (obsolete):
A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
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Slam as a noun (cards):
Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
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Slam as a noun (countable, bridge):
A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
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Slam as a noun (sports):
Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
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Slam as a verb (transitive, card games):
To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
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Slam as a noun (obsolete):
A shambling fellow.