The difference between Belt and Nip

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 nip means a small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.

When used as verbs, belt means to encircle, whereas nip means to catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed.

check bellow for the other definitions of Belt and Nip

  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. Nip as a noun:

    A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.

    Examples:

    "I’ll just take a nip of that cake."

    "He had a nip of whiskey."

  1. Nip as a noun (slang, vulgar):

    A nipple, usually of a woman.

  1. Nip as a verb:

    To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.

  2. Nip as a verb:

    To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.

  3. Nip as a verb:

    To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.

  4. Nip as a verb:

    To annoy, as by nipping.

  5. Nip as a verb:

    To taunt.

  6. Nip as a verb (Scotland, Northern England):

    To squeeze or pinch.

  7. Nip as a verb (obsolete, UK, thieves):

    To steal; especially to cut a purse.

  1. Nip as a noun:

    A playful bite.

    Examples:

    "The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip."

  2. Nip as a noun:

    A pinch with the nails or teeth.

  3. Nip as a noun:

    Briskly cold weather.

    Examples:

    "There is a nip in the air. It is [[nippy]] outside."

  4. Nip as a noun:

    A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching

    Examples:

    "the nip of masses of ice."

  5. Nip as a noun:

    A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

  6. Nip as a noun (mining):

    A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.

  7. Nip as a noun:

    A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

  8. Nip as a noun:

    A biting sarcasm; a taunt.

  9. Nip as a noun (nautical):

    A short turn in a rope.

  10. Nip as a noun (papermaking):

    The place of intersection where one roll touches another

  11. Nip as a noun (obsolete, UK, thieves):

    A pickpocket.

  1. Nip as a verb (informal):

    To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.

    Examples:

    "Why don’t you nip down to the grocer’s for some milk?"

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