Difference between Belt and Bang

What is the difference between Belt and Bang?

Belt as a noun is a band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing. while Bang as a noun is a sudden percussive noise.

Belt

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing. A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt. A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power. A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object. A quick drink of liquor. A geographical region known for a particular product or feature (Corn Belt, Bible Belt). (baseball) The lower boundary of the strike zone.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To encircle. To fasten a belt. To hit with a belt. and intransitive To scream or sing in a loud manner. To drink quickly, often in gulps. To hit someone or something. To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run. To move very fast

Example sentence: Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.

Bang

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.To engage in sexual intercourse.To hammer or to hit anything hard.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A sudden percussive noise.A strike upon an object causing such a noise.An explosion.(especially plural) A fringe of hair cut across the forehead. (British: fringe)The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!An act of sexual intercourse.plural: Brucellosis, a bacterial disease (a corruption of the alternate name "Bang's disease")An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.An explosive product, in miningAn abrupt left turn, in Boston slang; the opposite of this, an abrupt right turn, is a hang

Example sentence: This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but a whimper.

We hope you now know whether to use Belt or Bang in your sentence.

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