The difference between Bust and Nick

When used as nouns, bust means a sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders, whereas nick means a particular place or point considered as marked by a nick.

When used as verbs, bust means to break, whereas nick means to make a nick or notch in.


Bust is also adjective with the meaning: without any money, broke, bankrupt.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bust and Nick

  1. Bust as a noun:

    A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.

  2. Bust as a noun:

    The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.

  1. Bust as a verb (transitive, colloquial, mostly, US):

    To break.

    Examples:

    "I busted my cooker while trying to fix it."

  2. Bust as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To arrest (someone) for a crime.

  3. Bust as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.

  4. Bust as a verb (snowboarding):

    Examples:

    "He busted huge air off that jump!"

  5. Bust as a verb (US, informal):

    To reduce in rank.

    Examples:

    "He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination."

  6. Bust as a verb (poker):

    To lose all of one's chips.

  7. Bust as a verb (blackjack):

    To exceed a score of 21.

  8. Bust as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To break in (an animal).

  9. Bust as a verb (intransitive, slang):

    To ejaculate; to eject semen.

  1. Bust as a noun (slang):

    The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.

    Examples:

    "a narcotics bust"

  2. Bust as a noun (slang):

    A failed enterprise; a bomb.

  3. Bust as a noun (sports, derogatory):

    A player who fails to meet expectations.

  4. Bust as a noun (chess, informal):

    A refutation of an opening, or of previously published analysis.

  1. Bust as an adjective (slang):

    Without any money, broke, bankrupt.

    Examples:

    "After months of financial problems, the company finally went bust."

  1. Nick as a noun (now, rare):

    A small cut in a surface. A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment. A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.

    Examples:

    "[[in the nick of time in the nick of time]]"

  2. Nick as a noun (cricket):

    A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch. One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation. The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.

  3. Nick as a noun (Britain, slang):

    In the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.

    Examples:

    "The car I bought was cheap and in good nick."

  4. Nick as a noun (Britain, law enforcement, slang):

    A police station or prison.

    Examples:

    "He was arrested and taken down to Sun Hill nick [police station] to be charged."

    "He’s just been released from Shadwell nick [prison] after doing ten years for attempted murder."

  1. Nick as a verb (transitive):

    To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way. To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar. To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher).

    Examples:

    "I nicked myself while I was shaving."

  2. Nick as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time. To hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection. To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon.

  3. Nick as a verb (transitive, Australia, Britain, slang):

    To steal.

    Examples:

    "Someone’s nicked my bike!"

  4. Nick as a verb (transitive, Britain, law enforcement, _, slang):

    To arrest.

    Examples:

    "The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house he’d broken into."

  1. Nick as a noun (Internet):

    Examples:

    "a user’s reserved nick on an IRC network"

  1. Nick as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.

  1. Nick as a noun (archaic):

    A nix or .

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