The difference between Belt and Book

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 book means a collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.

When used as verbs, belt means to encircle, whereas book means to reserve (something) for future use.

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  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. Book as a noun:

    A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.

    Examples:

    "She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud."

    "He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book."

  2. Book as a noun:

    A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets.

    Examples:

    "I have three copies of his first book."

  3. Book as a noun (heraldiccharge):

    A heraldic representation of such an object, used as a charge; as in the arms of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

  4. Book as a noun:

    A major division of a long work.

    Examples:

    "Genesis is the first book of the Bible."

    "Many readers find the first book of ''A Tale of Two Cities'' to be confusing."

    "synonyms: tome volume"

  5. Book as a noun (gambling):

    A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).

    Examples:

    "I'm running a book on who is going to win the race."

  6. Book as a noun:

    A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.

    Examples:

    "a book of stamps"

    "a book of raffle tickets"

    "synonyms: booklet"

  7. Book as a noun (theatre):

    The script of a musical.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: libretto"

  8. Book as a noun (usually, in the plural):

    Records of the accounts of a business.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: account record"

  9. Book as a noun:

    A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.

  10. Book as a noun (legal):

    A colloquial reference to a book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).

  11. Book as a noun (whist):

    Six tricks taken by one side.

  12. Book as a noun (poker slang):

    four of a kind

  13. Book as a noun (sports):

    A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.

  14. Book as a noun (sports, by extension):

    A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.

  15. Book as a noun (cartomancy):

    The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.

  1. Book as a verb (transitive):

    To reserve (something) for future use.

    Examples:

    "I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night"

    "I can book tickets for the concert next week."

    "synonyms: reserve"

  2. Book as a verb (transitive):

    To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

    Examples:

    "They booked that message from the hill"

    "synonyms: [[make]] a [[note]] of [[note]] [[down]] record write down"

  3. Book as a verb (law enforcement, transitive):

    To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.

    Examples:

    "The police booked him for driving too fast."

  4. Book as a verb (sports):

    To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.

  5. Book as a verb (intransitive, slang):

    To travel very fast.

    Examples:

    "He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap."

    "synonyms: bomb hurtle rocket speed shoot whiz"

  6. Book as a verb:

    To record bets as bookmaker.

  7. Book as a verb (transitive, law student slang):

    To receive the highest grade in a class.

    Examples:

    "The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class."

  8. Book as a verb (intransitive, slang):

    To leave.

    Examples:

    "He was here earlier, but he booked."

  1. Book as a verb (UK, _, dialectal, Northern England):

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