The difference between Blow and Stroke
When used as nouns, blow means a strong wind, whereas stroke means an act of stroking .
When used as verbs, blow means to produce an air current, whereas stroke means to move one's hand or an object (such as a broom) along (a surface) in one direction.
Blow is also adjective with the meaning: blue.
check bellow for the other definitions of Blow and Stroke
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Blow as an adjective (now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England):
Blue.
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Blow as a verb (intransitive):
To produce an air current.
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Blow as a verb (transitive):
To propel by an air current.
Examples:
"Blow the dust off that book and open it up."
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Blow as a verb (intransitive):
To be propelled by an air current.
Examples:
"The leaves blow through the streets in the fall."
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Blow as a verb (transitive):
To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
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Blow as a verb:
To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
Examples:
"to blow the fire"
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Blow as a verb:
To clear of contents by forcing air through.
Examples:
"to blow an egg"
"to blow one's nose"
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Blow as a verb (transitive):
To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
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Blow as a verb (intransitive):
To make a sound as the result of being blown.
Examples:
"In the harbor, the ships' horns blew."
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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!")"
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Blow as a verb (intransitive):
To explode.
Examples:
"Get away from that burning gas tank! It's about to blow!"
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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."
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Blow as a verb (transitive):
To cause sudden destruction of.
Examples:
"He blew the tires and the engine."
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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."
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Blow as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To be very undesirable (see also suck).
Examples:
"This blows!"
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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."
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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?"
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Blow as a verb (transitive, slang):
To leave.
Examples:
"Let's blow this joint."
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Blow as a verb:
To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
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Blow as a verb (obsolete):
To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
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Blow as a verb (obsolete):
To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
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Blow as a verb (intransitive):
To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
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Blow as a verb (transitive):
To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
Examples:
"to blow a horse"
"rfquotek Sir Walter Scott"
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Blow as a verb (obsolete):
To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
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Blow as a verb (slang, informal, AAVE):
To sing
Examples:
"That girl has a wonderful voice; just listen to her blow!"
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Blow as a verb (Scientology, intransitive):
To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
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Blow as a noun:
A strong wind.
Examples:
"We're having a bit of a blow this afternoon."
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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."
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Blow as a noun (uncountable, US, slang):
Cocaine.
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Blow as a noun (uncountable, UK, slang):
Cannabis.
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Blow as a noun (uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang):
Heroin.
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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"
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Blow as a noun:
a sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault
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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"
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Blow as a verb:
to blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom
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Blow as a noun:
a mass or display of flowers; a yield
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Blow as a noun:
a display of anything brilliant or bright
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Blow as a noun:
a bloom, state of flowering
Examples:
"roses in full blow."
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Stroke as a noun:
An act of stroking .
Examples:
"She gave the cat a stroke."
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Stroke as a noun:
A blow or hit.
Examples:
"a stroke on the chin"
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Stroke as a noun (golf):
A single movement with a tool. A single act of striking at the ball with a club. The hitting of a ball with a racket, or the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact. The movement of an oar or paddle through water, either the pull which actually propels the vessel or a single entire cycle of movement including the pull. The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot. A thrust of a piston. An act of striking with a weapon
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Stroke as a noun:
One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
Examples:
"the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or of an oar in rowing"
"the stroke of a skater, swimmer, etc."
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Stroke as a noun:
A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort.
Examples:
"a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy"
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Stroke as a noun (linguistics):
A line drawn with a pen or other writing implement, particularly: The slash, /. The formal name of the individual horizontal strikethroughs (as in A̶ and A̵). A line of a Chinese, Japanese or Korean character.
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Stroke as a noun:
A streak made with a brush.
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Stroke as a noun:
The time when a clock strikes.
Examples:
"on the stroke of midnight"
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Stroke as a noun (swimming):
A style, a single movement within a style.
Examples:
"butterfly stroke'"
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Stroke as a noun (medicine):
The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
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Stroke as a noun (obsolete):
A sudden attack of any disease, especially when fatal; any sudden, severe affliction or calamity.
Examples:
"a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death"
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Stroke as a noun (rowing):
The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided.
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Stroke as a noun (rowing):
The rower who is nearest the stern of the boat.
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Stroke as a noun ([[professional wrestling]]):
Backstage influence.
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Stroke as a noun (squash):
A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
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Stroke as a noun (sciences):
An individual discharge of lightning.
Examples:
"A flash of lightning may be made up of several strokes. If they are separated by enough time for the eye to distinguish them, the lightning will appear to flicker."
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Stroke as a noun (obsolete):
The result or effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
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Stroke as a noun:
An addition or amendment to a written composition; a touch.
Examples:
"to give some finishing strokes to an essay"
"rfquotek Addison"
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Stroke as a noun:
A throb or beat, as of the heart.
Examples:
"rfquotek Tennyson"
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Stroke as a noun:
Power; influence.
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Stroke as a noun (obsolete):
appetite
Examples:
"rfquotek Jonathan Swift"
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Stroke as a verb (transitive):
To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom) along (a surface) in one direction.
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Stroke as a verb (transitive, cricket):
To hit the ball with the bat in a flowing motion.
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Stroke as a verb (masonry):
To give a finely fluted surface to.
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Stroke as a verb (transitive, rowing):
To row the stroke oar of.
Examples:
"to stroke a boat"