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
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Breeze as a noun:
A light, gentle wind.
Examples:
"The breeze rustled the papers on her desk."
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Breeze as a noun (figurative):
Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
Examples:
"After studying Latin, Spanish was a breeze."
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Breeze as a noun (cricket):
Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
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Breeze as a noun:
Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. .
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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."
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Breeze as a verb (usually, _, with ''along''):
To move casually, in a carefree manner.
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Breeze as a verb (weather):
To blow gently.
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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.
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Breeze as a noun:
A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.
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Breeze as a verb (intransitive):
To buzz.
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Gale as a verb (intransitive, now, _, chiefly, _, dialectal):
To sing; charm; enchant.
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Gale as a verb (intransitive, now, _, chiefly, _, dialectal):
To cry; groan; croak.
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Gale as a verb (intransitive, of a person, now, _, chiefly, _, dialectal):
To talk.
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Gale as a verb (intransitive, of a bird, Scotland):
To call.
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Gale as a verb (transitive, now, _, chiefly, _, dialectal):
To sing; utter with musical modulations.
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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.
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Gale as a noun:
An outburst, especially of laughter.
Examples:
"a gale of laughter"
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Gale as a noun (archaic):
A light breeze.
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Gale as a noun (obsolete):
A song or story.
Examples:
"rfquotek Toone"
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Gale as a verb (nautical):
To sail, or sail fast.
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Gale as a noun:
A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.
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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."