The difference between Breeze and Gale

When used as nouns, breeze means a light, gentle wind, whereas gale means a very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm.

When used as verbs, breeze means to move casually, in a carefree manner, whereas gale means to sing.


check bellow for the other definitions of Breeze and Gale

  1. Breeze as a noun:

    A light, gentle wind.

    Examples:

    "The breeze rustled the papers on her desk."

  2. Breeze as a noun (figurative):

    Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.

    Examples:

    "After studying Latin, Spanish was a breeze."

  3. Breeze as a noun (cricket):

    Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.

  4. Breeze as a noun:

    Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. .

  5. Breeze as a noun:

    An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.

    Examples:

    "The discovery produced a breeze."

  1. Breeze as a verb (usually, _, with ''along''):

    To move casually, in a carefree manner.

  2. Breeze as a verb (weather):

    To blow gently.

  3. Breeze as a verb:

    To take a horse under a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion.

  1. Breeze as a noun:

    A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.

  1. Breeze as a verb (intransitive):

    To buzz.

  1. Gale as a verb (intransitive, now, _, chiefly, _, dialectal):

    To sing; charm; enchant.

  2. Gale as a verb (intransitive, now, _, chiefly, _, dialectal):

    To cry; groan; croak.

  3. Gale as a verb (intransitive, of a person, now, _, chiefly, _, dialectal):

    To talk.

  4. Gale as a verb (intransitive, of a bird, Scotland):

    To call.

  5. Gale as a verb (transitive, now, _, chiefly, _, dialectal):

    To sing; utter with musical modulations.

  1. Gale as a noun (meteorology):

    A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.

  2. Gale as a noun:

    An outburst, especially of laughter.

    Examples:

    "a gale of laughter"

  3. Gale as a noun (archaic):

    A light breeze.

  4. Gale as a noun (obsolete):

    A song or story.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Toone"

  1. Gale as a verb (nautical):

    To sail, or sail fast.

  1. Gale as a noun:

    A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.

  1. Gale as a noun (archaic):

    A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.

    Examples:

    "Gale day - the day on which rent or interest is due."

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