The difference between Belt and Blow

When used as nouns, belt means a band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing, whereas blow means a strong wind.

When used as verbs, belt means to encircle, whereas blow means to produce an air current.

Blow is also adjective with the meaning: blue.

check bellow for the other definitions of Belt and Blow

  1. Belt as a noun:

    A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.

    Examples:

    "As part of the act, the fat clown's belt broke, causing his pants to fall down."

  2. Belt as a noun:

    A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.

    Examples:

    "Keep your belt fastened; this is going to be quite a bumpy ride."

  3. Belt as a noun:

    A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.

    Examples:

    "The motor had a single belt that snaked its way back and forth around a variety of wheels."

  4. Belt as a noun:

    Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.

    Examples:

    "a belt of trees; a belt of sand"

  5. Belt as a noun:

    A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.

    Examples:

    "the heavyweight belt"

  6. Belt as a noun (astronomy):

    A collection of rocky-constituted bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.

  7. Belt as a noun (astronomy):

    One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

  8. Belt as a noun:

    A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.

    Examples:

    "After the bouncer gave him a solid belt to the gut, Simon had suddenly had enough of barfighting."

  9. Belt as a noun:

    A quick drink of liquor.

    Examples:

    "Care to join me in a belt of scotch?"

  10. Belt as a noun (usually, capitalized):

    A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).

  11. Belt as a noun (baseball):

    The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.

    Examples:

    "That umpire called that pitch a strike at the belt."

  12. Belt as a noun (weapons):

    device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon

  1. Belt as a verb (transitive):

    To encircle.

    Examples:

    "The small town was belted by cornfields in all directions."

  2. Belt as a verb (transitive):

    To fasten a belt on.

    Examples:

    "Edgar belted himself in and turned the car's ignition."

    "The rotund man had difficulty belting his pants, and generally wore suspenders to avoid the issue."

  3. Belt as a verb (transitive):

    To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.

  4. Belt as a verb (transitive):

    To hit with a belt.

    Examples:

    "The child was misbehaving so he was belted as punishment."

  5. Belt as a verb (transitive):

    To scream or sing in a loud manner.

    Examples:

    "He belted out the national anthem."

  6. Belt as a verb (transitive):

    To drink quickly, often in gulps.

    Examples:

    "He belted down a shot of whisky."

  7. Belt as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To hit someone or something.

    Examples:

    "The angry player belted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game."

  8. Belt as a verb (transitive, baseball):

    To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.

    Examples:

    "He belted that pitch over the grandstand."

  9. Belt as a verb (intransitive):

    To move very fast

    Examples:

    "He was really belting along."

  1. Blow as an adjective (now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England):

    Blue.

  1. Blow as a verb (intransitive):

    To produce an air current.

  2. Blow as a verb (transitive):

    To propel by an air current.

    Examples:

    "Blow the dust off that book and open it up."

  3. Blow as a verb (intransitive):

    To be propelled by an air current.

    Examples:

    "The leaves blow through the streets in the fall."

  4. Blow as a verb (transitive):

    To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.

  5. Blow as a verb:

    To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.

    Examples:

    "to blow the fire"

  6. Blow as a verb:

    To clear of contents by forcing air through.

    Examples:

    "to blow an egg"

    "to blow one's nose"

  7. Blow as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.

  8. Blow as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a sound as the result of being blown.

    Examples:

    "In the harbor, the ships' horns blew."

  9. Blow as a verb (intransitive, of a [[cetacean]]):

    To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.

    Examples:

    "There's nothing more thrilling to the whale watcher than to see a whale surface and blow."

    "There she blows! (i.e. "I see a whale spouting!")"

  10. Blow as a verb (intransitive):

    To explode.

    Examples:

    "Get away from that burning gas tank! It's about to blow!"

  11. Blow as a verb (transitive, with "up", or, with prep phrase headed by "to"):

    To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.

    Examples:

    "The demolition squad neatly blew the old hotel up."

    "The aerosol can was blown to bits."

  12. Blow as a verb (transitive):

    To cause sudden destruction of.

    Examples:

    "He blew the tires and the engine."

  13. Blow as a verb (intransitive):

    To suddenly fail destructively.

    Examples:

    "He tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line."

  14. Blow as a verb (intransitive, slang):

    To be very undesirable (see also suck).

    Examples:

    "This blows!"

  15. Blow as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To recklessly squander.

    Examples:

    "I managed to blow $1000 at blackjack in under an hour."

    "I blew $35 thou on a car."

    "We blew an opportunity to get benign corporate sponsorship."

  16. Blow as a verb (transitive, vulgar):

    To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man)

    Examples:

    "Who did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?"

  17. Blow as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To leave.

    Examples:

    "Let's blow this joint."

  18. Blow as a verb:

    To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.

  19. Blow as a verb (obsolete):

    To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.

  20. Blow as a verb (obsolete):

    To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

  21. Blow as a verb (intransitive):

    To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

  22. Blow as a verb (transitive):

    To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.

    Examples:

    "to blow a horse"

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  23. Blow as a verb (obsolete):

    To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.

  24. Blow as a verb (slang, informal, AAVE):

    To sing

    Examples:

    "That girl has a wonderful voice; just listen to her blow!"

  25. Blow as a verb (Scientology, intransitive):

    To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.

  1. Blow as a noun:

    A strong wind.

    Examples:

    "We're having a bit of a blow this afternoon."

  2. Blow as a noun (informal):

    A chance to catch one's breath.

    Examples:

    "The players were able to get a blow during the last timeout."

  3. Blow as a noun (uncountable, US, slang):

    Cocaine.

  4. Blow as a noun (uncountable, UK, slang):

    Cannabis.

  5. Blow as a noun (uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang):

    Heroin.

  1. Blow as a noun:

    the act of striking or hitting

    Examples:

    "A fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone."

    "During an exchange to end round 13, Duran landed a blow to the midsection."

    "synonyms: bace strike hit punch"

  2. Blow as a noun:

    a sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault

  3. Blow as a noun:

    a damaging occurrence.

    Examples:

    "A further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park."

    "synonyms: disaster calamity"

  1. Blow as a verb:

    to blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom

  1. Blow as a noun:

    a mass or display of flowers; a yield

  2. Blow as a noun:

    a display of anything brilliant or bright

  3. Blow as a noun:

    a bloom, state of flowering

    Examples:

    "roses in full blow."

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