The difference between Bell and Bell-ringing

When used as nouns, bell means a percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck, whereas bell-ringing means the ringing of bells, either as a pastime or for religious observance.

Bell is also verb with the meaning: to attach a bell to.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bell and Bell-ringing

  1. Bell as a noun:

    A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.

  2. Bell as a noun:

    The sounding of a bell as a signal.

  3. Bell as a noun (chiefly, British, informal):

    A telephone call.

    Examples:

    "I’ll give you a bell later."

  4. Bell as a noun:

    A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.

  5. Bell as a noun (music):

    The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.

  6. Bell as a noun (nautical):

    Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)

  7. Bell as a noun:

    The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.

  8. Bell as a noun (computing):

    A device control code that produces a beep (or rings a small electromechanical bell on older teleprinters etc.).

  9. Bell as a noun:

    Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower.

  10. Bell as a noun (architecture):

    The part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.

  11. Bell as a noun:

    An instrument situated on a bicycle's handlebar, used by the cyclist to warn of his or her presence.

  1. Bell as a verb (transitive):

    To attach a bell to.

    Examples:

    "Who will bell the cat?"

  2. Bell as a verb (transitive):

    To shape so that it flares out like a bell.

    Examples:

    "to bell a tube"

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

    To telephone.

  4. Bell as a verb (intransitive):

    To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom.

    Examples:

    "Hops bell."

  1. Bell as a verb (intransitive):

    To bellow or roar.

  2. Bell as a verb (transitive):

    To utter in a loud manner; to thunder forth.

  1. Bell as a noun:

    The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut.

  1. Bell-ringing as a noun:

    The ringing of bells, either as a pastime or for religious observance.

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