The difference between Bash and Party

When used as nouns, bash means a large party, whereas party means a person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.

When used as verbs, bash means to strike heavily, whereas party means to celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.


Party is also adverb with the meaning: partly.

Party is also adjective with the meaning: divided.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bash and Party

  1. Bash as a verb:

    To strike heavily.

    Examples:

    "He bashed himself against the door."

    "The thugs kept bashing the [[cower]]ing victim."

  2. Bash as a verb:

    To collide.

    Examples:

    "Don't bash into me with that [[shopping trolley]]."

  3. Bash as a verb:

    To criticize harshly.

    Examples:

    "He bashed my [[idea]]s."

  4. Bash as a verb (British, slang):

    To masturbate.

    Examples:

    "He said that he bashes daily."

  1. Bash as a noun:

    A large party; gala event.

    Examples:

    "They had a big bash to celebrate their tenth anniversary."

  2. Bash as a noun:

    An attack that consists of placing all one's weight into a downward attack with one's fists.

  1. Bash as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.

  1. Party as a noun (legal):

    A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.

    Examples:

    "The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee."

  2. Party as a noun (slang, dated):

    A person. A person; an individual. With to: an accessory, someone who takes part.

    Examples:

    "He is a queer party."

    "I can't possibly be a party to that kind of reckless behaviour."

  3. Party as a noun (now, rare, _, in general sense):

    A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc. Active player characters organized into a single group. A group of characters controlled by the player.

  4. Party as a noun:

    A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.

    Examples:

    "The green party took 12% of the vote."

  5. Party as a noun (military):

    A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.

    Examples:

    "The settlers were attacked early next morning by a scouting party."

  6. Party as a noun:

    A social gathering. A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing. A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity. A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.

    Examples:

    "I'm throwing a huge party for my 21st birthday."

    "We're expecting a large party from the London office."

    "Tupperware party'"

    "lingerie party'"

  7. Party as a noun (obsolete):

    A part or division.

  1. Party as a verb (intransitive):

    To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.

    Examples:

    "We partied until the early hours."

  2. Party as a verb (intransitive, slang, euphemistic):

    To take recreational drugs.

  3. Party as a verb (intransitive):

    To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.

  4. Party as a verb (online gaming, intransitive):

    To form a party (with).

    Examples:

    "If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer."

  1. Party as an adjective (obsolete, except in compounds):

    Divided; in part.

  2. Party as an adjective (heraldry):

    Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries.

    Examples:

    "an escutcheon party per pale"

  1. Party as an adverb (obsolete):

    Partly.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Chaucer"

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