Difference between Gust and Blow

What is the difference between Gust and Blow?

Gust as a verb is to blow in gusts. while Blow as a verb is to produce an air current.

Gust

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To blow in gusts.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A strong, abrupt rush of wind. Any rush or outburst (of water, emotion etc.). The physiological faculty of taste. Relish, enjoyment, appreciation.

Example sentence: When a gust of wind hits a broken bone, you feel it.

Blow

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A strong wind.A chance to catch one's breath.Cocaine.The act of striking or hitting.An unfortunate occurrence.A mass or display of flowers; a yield.A display of anything brilliant or bright.A bloom, state of flowering.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To produce an air current.To propel by an air current.To be propelled by an air current.To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.To play a musical instrument, such as a horn or woodwind.To make a sound as the result of being blown.To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.To explode.To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.To cause sudden destruction of.To suddenly fail destructively.To destroy (an electric component) by passing excessive electric current through it.To be destroyed by such a current.To be very undesirable (see also suck).To recklessly squander.To fellate.To leave.To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.

Example sentence: The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers.

We hope you now know whether to use Gust or Blow in your sentence.

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