The difference between Bank and Block

When used as nouns, bank means an institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs, whereas block means a substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

When used as verbs, bank means to deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client, whereas block means to fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.

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  1. Bank as a noun:

    An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.

  2. Bank as a noun:

    A branch office of such an institution.

  3. Bank as a noun:

    An underwriter or controller of a card game; also banque.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: banker"

  4. Bank as a noun:

    A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.

  5. Bank as a noun (gambling):

    The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.

  6. Bank as a noun (slang, uncountable):

    money; profit

  7. Bank as a noun:

    In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.

  8. Bank as a noun:

    A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.

    Examples:

    "[[blood bank]]; [[sperm bank]]; [[data bank]]"

  9. Bank as a noun:

    A device used to store coins or currency.

    Examples:

    "If you want to buy a bicycle, you need to put the money in your piggy bank."

  1. Bank as a verb (intransitive):

    To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.

    Examples:

    "He banked with Barclays."

  2. Bank as a verb (transitive):

    To put into a bank.

    Examples:

    "I'm going to bank the money."

  3. Bank as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.

    Examples:

    "Johnny banked some coke for me."

  1. Bank as a noun (hydrology):

    An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.

  2. Bank as a noun (nautical, hydrology):

    An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank).

    Examples:

    "the banks of Newfoundland"

  3. Bank as a noun (geography):

    A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.

  4. Bank as a noun (aviation):

    The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.

  5. Bank as a noun (rail transport):

    An incline, a hill.

  6. Bank as a noun:

    A mass noun for a quantity of clouds.

    Examples:

    "The bank of clouds on the horizon announced the arrival of the predicted storm front."

  7. Bank as a noun (mining):

    The face of the coal at which miners are working.

  8. Bank as a noun (mining):

    A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.

  9. Bank as a noun (mining):

    The ground at the top of a shaft.

    Examples:

    "Ores are brought to bank."

  1. Bank as a verb (intransitive, aviation):

    To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.

  2. Bank as a verb (transitive):

    To cause (an aircraft) to bank.

  3. Bank as a verb (transitive):

    To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.

    Examples:

    "to bank sand"

  4. Bank as a verb (transitive):

    To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.

  5. Bank as a verb (transitive):

    To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.

  6. Bank as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To pass by the banks of.

  1. Bank as a noun:

    A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.

    Examples:

    "a bank of switches"

    "a bank of [[pay phone]]s"

  2. Bank as a noun:

    A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.

  1. Bank as a verb (transitive, order and arrangement):

    To arrange or order in a row.

  1. Bank as a noun:

    A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.

  2. Bank as a noun:

    A bench or seat for judges in court.

  3. Bank as a noun:

    The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See .

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Burrill"

  4. Bank as a noun (archaic, printing):

    A kind of table used by printers.

  5. Bank as a noun (music):

    A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  6. Bank as a noun (uncountable):

    slang for money

  1. Block as a noun:

    A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

    Examples:

    "a block of ice"

    "a block of stone"

  2. Block as a noun:

    A chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading.

    Examples:

    "Anne Boleyn placed her head on the block and awaited her execution."

  3. Block as a noun:

    A group of urban lots of property, several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.

    Examples:

    "I'm going for a walk around the block."

  4. Block as a noun:

    A residential building consisting of flats.

    Examples:

    "a block of flats"

  5. Block as a noun:

    The distance from one street to another in a city that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.

    Examples:

    "The place you are looking for is two long blocks east and one short block north."

  6. Block as a noun:

    Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.

    Examples:

    "a [[mental]] block"

    "[[writer's block]]"

  7. Block as a noun (slang):

    The human head.

    Examples:

    "I'll knock your block off!"

  8. Block as a noun:

    A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.

  9. Block as a noun:

    A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.

  10. Block as a noun:

    A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end.

    Examples:

    "a block of 100 tickets"

  11. Block as a noun (computing):

    A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).

  12. Block as a noun (programming):

    A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.

  13. Block as a noun (cryptography):

    A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.

  14. Block as a noun (rigging):

    A case with one or more sheaves/pulleys, used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example, as part of the rigging of a sailing ship.

  15. Block as a noun (chemistry):

    A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.

  16. Block as a noun:

    Something that prevents something from passing.

    Examples:

    "synonyms barrier blockage obstruction"

    "There's a block in the pipe that means the water can't get through."

  17. Block as a noun (sports):

    An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).

  18. Block as a noun (cricket):

    A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.

  19. Block as a noun (volleyball):

    A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter's court.

  20. Block as a noun (philately):

    A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.

  21. Block as a noun:

    A section of split logs used as fuel.

  22. Block as a noun (UK):

    Solitary confinement.

  23. Block as a noun:

    A cellblock.

  24. Block as a noun (falconry):

    The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.

  25. Block as a noun (printing, dated):

    A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.

  26. Block as a noun (obsolete):

    A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.

  27. Block as a noun (rail):

    A section of a railroad where the block system is used.

  28. Block as a noun (cricket):

    The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.

  29. Block as a noun (cricket):

    A blockhole.

  30. Block as a noun (cricket):

    The popping crease.

  1. Block as a verb (transitive):

    To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.

    Examples:

    "The pipe is blocked."

  2. Block as a verb (transitive):

    To prevent (something or someone) from passing.

    Examples:

    "You're blocking the road – I can't get through."

  3. Block as a verb (transitive):

    To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).

    Examples:

    "His plan to take over the business was blocked by the boss."

  4. Block as a verb (transitive, sports):

    To impede an opponent.

    Examples:

    "He blocked the basketball player's shot."

    "The offensive linemen tried to block the blitz."

  5. Block as a verb (transitive, theater):

    To specify the positions and movements of the actors.

    Examples:

    "It was very difficult to block this scene convincingly."

  6. Block as a verb (transitive, cricket):

    To hit with a block.

  7. Block as a verb (intransitive, cricket):

    To play a block shot.

  8. Block as a verb (transitive):

    To disable communication via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with an undesirable someone.

    Examples:

    "I tried to send you a message, but you've blocked me!"

  9. Block as a verb (computing, intransitive):

    To wait.

    Examples:

    "When the condition expression is false, the thread blocks on the condition variable."

  10. Block as a verb (transitive):

    To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.

    Examples:

    "I blocked the mittens by wetting them and pinning them to a shaped piece of cardboard."

  11. Block as a verb (transitive):

    To shape or sketch out roughly.

  1. Block as a noun:

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