The difference between Breast and Heart
When used as nouns, breast means either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands, whereas heart means a muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
When used as verbs, breast means to push against with the breast, whereas heart means to be fond of.
check bellow for the other definitions of Breast and Heart
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Breast as a noun (anatomy):
Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
Examples:
"Tanya's breasts grew remarkably during pregnancy."
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Breast as a noun (anatomy):
The chest, or front of the human thorax.
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Breast as a noun:
A section of clothing covering the breast area.
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Breast as a noun:
The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.
Examples:
"She kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her."
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Breast as a noun:
The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.
Examples:
"The robin has a red breast."
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Breast as a noun:
A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird's breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.
Examples:
"Would you like breast or wing?"
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Breast as a noun:
The front or forward part of anything.
Examples:
"a chimney breast; a plough breast'"
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Breast as a noun (mining):
The face of a coal working.
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Breast as a noun (mining):
The front of a furnace.
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Breast as a noun (obsolete):
The power of singing; a musical voice.
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Breast as a verb (transitive, often, figurative):
To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face
Examples:
"He breasted the hill and saw the town before him."
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Heart as a noun (anatomy):
A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
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Heart as a noun (uncountable):
Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.
Examples:
"The team lost, but they showed a lot of heart."
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Heart as a noun:
The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
Examples:
"a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart"
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Heart as a noun:
Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
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Heart as a noun:
Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
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Heart as a noun (archaic):
Examples:
"Listen, dear heart, we must go now."
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Heart as a noun:
Personality, disposition.
Examples:
"a cold heart'"
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Heart as a noun (figurative):
A wight or being.
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Heart as a noun:
A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥ or sometimes .
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Heart as a noun:
A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
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Heart as a noun (cartomancy):
The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
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Heart as a noun:
The centre, essence, or core.
Examples:
"The wood at the heart of a tree is the oldest."
"Buddhists believe that suffering is right at the heart of all life."
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Heart as a verb (transitive, humorous, informal, mostly, internet slang):
To be fond of.
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Heart as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to be devoted.
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Heart as a verb (transitive, masonry):
To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
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Heart as a verb (intransitive, agriculture, botany):
To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.