Difference between Attack and Round

What is the difference between Attack and Round?

Attack as a verb is to apply violent force to someone or something. while Round as a verb is alternative form of around.

Attack

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To apply violent force to someone or something. To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar). To aim balls at the batsman's wicket. To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets. To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An attempt to cause damage or injury to, or to somehow detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault. A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle. Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side. Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net. The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team. The sudden onset of a disease. The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).

Example sentence: If there's an adrenaline rush, I will find it; if there's an anxiety attack, I will have it.

Round

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.PlumpComplete, whole, not lacking.Of a number that has been rounded off or approximated.Pronounced with the mouth open in the shape of an "O".

Part of speech: preposition

Definition: Alternative form of around.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Alternative form of around.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A circular object.A circular or repetitious route; hospital rounds.An general outburst from a group of people at an event.A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.A single individual portion or dose of medicine.A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.A bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Cf. round shot and solid shot.One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.A stage in a competition.In some sports', e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To shape something into a curve.To finish; to complete; to fill out.To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.To turn past a boundary.To turn and attack someone or thing.To advance to home plate.To whisper.

Example sentence: The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

We hope you now know whether to use Attack or Round in your sentence.

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