The difference between Bell and Mouth

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 mouth means the opening of a creature through which food is ingested.

When used as verbs, bell means to attach a bell to, whereas mouth means to speak.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bell and Mouth

  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. Mouth as a noun (anatomy):

    The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.

    Examples:

    "Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor."

  2. Mouth as a noun:

    The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.

    Examples:

    "The mouth of the river is a good place to go birdwatching in spring and autumn."

  3. Mouth as a noun:

    An outlet, aperture or orifice.

    Examples:

    "The mouth of a cave"

  4. Mouth as a noun (slang):

    A loud or overly talkative person.

    Examples:

    "My kid sister is a real mouth; she never shuts up."

  5. Mouth as a noun (saddlery):

    The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.

  6. Mouth as a noun (obsolete):

    A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.

  7. Mouth as a noun (obsolete):

    Cry; voice.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  8. Mouth as a noun (obsolete):

    Speech; language; testimony.

  9. Mouth as a noun (obsolete):

    A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

  1. Mouth as a verb (transitive):

    To speak; to utter.

    Examples:

    "He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting."

  2. Mouth as a verb (transitive):

    To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.

    Examples:

    "The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them."

  3. Mouth as a verb (transitive):

    To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.

    Examples:

    "The fish mouthed the lure, but didn't bite."

  4. Mouth as a verb (obsolete):

    To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  5. Mouth as a verb (obsolete):

    To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Sir Thomas Browne"

  6. Mouth as a verb (obsolete):

    To make mouths at.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek R. Blair"

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