Difference between Boot and Kick

What is the difference between Boot and Kick?

Boot as a verb is to kick. while Kick as a verb is to strike or hit with, or raise one's foot or leg.

Boot

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To kick. To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering). To forcibly eject. To vomit. To disconnect, to remove from an online conversation; can refer to an accidental glitch, or a purposeful action by others. To profit, avail, benefit. To bootstrap; to start a system, eg. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A blow with the foot; a kick. A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc. A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot. A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp. A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft's wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A wing boot. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach. The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car. The act or process of removing somebody from a chat room. Remedy, amends Profit, plunder. The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device. A bootleg recording.

Example sentence: Football is so barbaric. Sometimes I wonder what I was thinking by playing it. I feel almost like I escaped from boot camp.

Kick

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To strike or hit with, or raise one's foot or leg.To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.To remove a participant from an online activity.To manage defeat against a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pertaining to the foot, activated by a pedal, usually where a hit is caused by a pedal, as in kick-drum, double-kick, etc..

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A hit or strike with the leg or foot or knee.The action of swinging a foot or leg.Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.The removal of a person from an online activity.Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.

Example sentence: Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another.

We hope you now know whether to use Boot or Kick in your sentence.

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