The difference between Dash and Throw

When used as nouns, dash means any of the following symbols: ‒ (), – (), — (), or ― (). a hyphen or minus sign, whereas throw means the flight of a thrown object.

When used as verbs, dash means to run quickly or for a short distance, whereas throw means to twist or turn.

Dash is also interjection with the meaning: damn!.

check bellow for the other definitions of Dash and Throw

  1. Dash as a noun (typography):

    Any of the following symbols: ‒ (), – (), — (), or ― (). A hyphen or minus sign.

  2. Dash as a noun (by extension):

    The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.

  3. Dash as a noun:

    A short run, flight.

    Examples:

    "uxi When the feds came they did the dash."

  4. Dash as a noun:

    A rushing or violent onset.

  5. Dash as a noun:

    Violent strike; a whack.

  6. Dash as a noun:

    A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.

    Examples:

    "Add a dash of vinegar."

  7. Dash as a noun (figurative, by extension):

    A slight admixture.

    Examples:

    "There is a dash of craziness in his personality."

  8. Dash as a noun:

    Ostentatious vigor.

    Examples:

    "Aren't we full of dash this morning?"

  9. Dash as a noun:

    A dashboard.

  10. Dash as a noun (Nigeria, and, Liberia):

    A bribe or gratuity; a gift

  11. Dash as a noun (dated, euphemistic):

  1. Dash as a verb (intransitive):

    To run quickly or for a short distance.

    Examples:

    "He dashed across the field."

  2. Dash as a verb (intransitive, informal):

    To leave or depart.

    Examples:

    "I have to dash now. See you soon."

  3. Dash as a verb (transitive):

    To destroy by striking (against).

    Examples:

    "He dashed the bottle against the bar and turned about to fight."

  4. Dash as a verb (transitive):

    To throw violently.

    Examples:

    "The man was dashed from the vehicle during the accident."

  5. Dash as a verb (ambitransitive, sometimes, figurative):

    To sprinkle; to splatter.

  6. Dash as a verb (transitive, dated):

    To mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality.

    Examples:

    "to dash wine with water"

  7. Dash as a verb (transitive, of hopes or dreams):

    To ruin; to destroy.

    Examples:

    "Her hopes were dashed when she saw the damage."

  8. Dash as a verb (transitive):

    To dishearten; to sadden.

    Examples:

    "Her thoughts were dashed to [[melancholy]]."

  9. Dash as a verb (transitive):

    To complete hastily, usually with down or off.

    Examples:

    "He dashed down his eggs'', ''she dashed off her homework"

  10. Dash as a verb (transitive):

    To draw quickly; jot.

  1. Throw as a verb (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England):

    To twist or turn.

    Examples:

    "A thrown nail. "

  2. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.

    Examples:

    "'throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider"

  3. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To eject or cause to fall off.

  4. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To move to another position or condition; to displace.

    Examples:

    "'throw the switch"

  5. Throw as a verb (ceramics):

    To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.

  6. Throw as a verb (transitive, cricket):

    Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.

  7. Throw as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.

    Examples:

    "If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid operation exception."

  8. Throw as a verb (sports):

    To intentionally lose a game.

    Examples:

    "The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match."

  9. Throw as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To confuse or mislead.

    Examples:

    "The deliberate red herring threw me at first."

  10. Throw as a verb (figuratively):

    To send desperately.

    Examples:

    "Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle."

  11. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To imprison.

    Examples:

    "The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail."

  12. Throw as a verb:

    To organize an event, especially a party.

  13. Throw as a verb:

    To roll (a die or dice).

  14. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.

  15. Throw as a verb (transitive, bridge):

    To discard.

  16. Throw as a verb (martial arts):

    To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.

  17. Throw as a verb (transitive, said of one's voice):

    To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.

  18. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To show sudden emotion, especially anger.

  19. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To project or send forth.

  20. Throw as a verb:

    To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

  21. Throw as a verb:

    To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Tomlinson"

  22. Throw as a verb (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.):

    To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).

  23. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To install a bridge.

  1. Throw as a noun:

    The flight of a thrown object

    Examples:

    "What a great throw by the quarterback!"

  2. Throw as a noun:

    The act of throwing something.

    Examples:

    "With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow."

  3. Throw as a noun:

    One's ability to throw

    Examples:

    "He's got a girl's throw."

    "He's always had a pretty decent throw."

  4. Throw as a noun:

    A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.

  5. Throw as a noun:

    A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.

  6. Throw as a noun:

    A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.

    Examples:

    "Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw."

  1. Throw as a noun:

    Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Spenser"

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  2. Throw as a noun (veterinary):

    The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.

  1. Throw as a verb (transitive, said of animals):

    To give birth to.

  1. Throw as a noun (obsolete):

    A moment, time, occasion.

  2. Throw as a noun (obsolete):

    A period of time; a while.

  1. Throw as a noun:

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