Difference between Puff and Blow

What is the difference between Puff and Blow?

Puff as a verb is to emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs. while Blow as a verb is to produce an air current.

Puff

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs. To pant. To advertise (archaic)

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth. The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself. A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air. An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe. A flamboyant or alluring statement about an object's quality. The drug cannabis. A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc. a homosexual; a poof

Example sentence: The problem with cosmetic surgery is that people who have it can only see how they look in the mirror. They don't realise how weird they look from other angles. I particularly hate the injections that puff out the face, which are hideous.

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: One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way they go.

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

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