The difference between Brick and Legend
When used as nouns, brick means a hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building, whereas legend means a of unknown origin describing but past .
When used as verbs, brick means to build with bricks, whereas legend means to tell or narrate.
Brick is also adjective with the meaning: extremely cold.
check bellow for the other definitions of Brick and Legend
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Brick as a noun (countable):
A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
Examples:
"This wall is made of bricks''."
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Brick as a noun (uncountable):
Considered collectively, as a building material.
Examples:
"This house is made of brick''."
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Brick as a noun (countable):
Something shaped like a brick.
Examples:
"a plastic explosive brick"
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Brick as a noun (slang, dated):
A helpful and reliable person.
Examples:
"Thanks for helping me wash the car. You're a brick."
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Brick as a noun (basketball, slang):
A shot which misses, particularly one which bounces directly out of the basket because of a too-flat trajectory, as if the ball were a heavier object.
Examples:
"We can't win if we keep throwing up bricks from three-point land."
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Brick as a noun (informal):
A power brick; an external power supply consisting of a small box with an integral male power plug and an attached electric cord terminating in another power plug.
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Brick as a noun (technology, slang):
An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
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Brick as a noun (firearms):
A carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
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Brick as a noun (poker slang):
A community card (usually the turn or the river) which does not improve a player's hand.
Examples:
"The two of clubs was a complete brick on the river"
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Brick as a noun:
The colour brick red.
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Brick as an adjective (colloquial, AAVE, New England, of weather):
Extremely cold.
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Brick as a verb:
To build with bricks.
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Brick as a verb:
To make into bricks.
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Brick as a verb (slang):
To hit someone or something with a brick.
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Brick as a verb (computing, _, slang):
To make an electronic device nonfunctional and usually beyond repair, essentially making it no more useful than a brick.
Examples:
"My VCR was bricked during the lightning storm''."
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Legend as a noun:
A unrealistic story depicting past events. A of unknown origin describing but past . A plausible story set in the historical past, but whose is uncertain. A story in which a is to an unlikely degree. A fabricated backstory for a spy, with associated documents and records; a .
Examples:
"The legend of Troy was discovered to have a historical basis."
"The legend of [[Robin Hood]]/the legend of [[Prester John]]/the legend of [[Coriolanus]]."
"The 1984 Rose Bowl prank has spawned many legends. Here's the real story."
"According to his legend, he once worked for the Red Cross, spreading humanitarian aid in Africa."
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Legend as a noun (UK, Irish, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, slang):
A person related to a legend or legends. A leading in a historical legend. A person with legend-like qualities, such as extraordinary . # A cool, nice or helpful person, especially one who is male.
Examples:
"Achilles is a legend in Greek culture."
"Michael Jordan stands as a legend in basketball."
"I've lost my pen! —Here mate, borrow mine. —You legend."
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Legend as a noun:
A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.
Examples:
"According to the legend on the map, that building is a school."
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Legend as a noun:
An inscription, motto, or title, especially one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon a heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
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Legend as a verb (archaic, transitive):
To tell or narrate; to recount.
Examples:
"rfquotek Bishop Hall"