Bait vs Chum - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between bait and chum

is that bait is any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net while chum is a friend; a pal.

As verbs the difference between bait and chum

is that bait is to attract with bait; to entice while chum is to share rooms with; to live together.

bait

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) bait, beite, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.

Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.

Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.

(Fairfax)

A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.

A light or hasty luncheon.

Usage notes

Used in Geordie dialect of English to denote your lunch at work as opposed to other meals. Also used in East Anglian dialect of English to denote a small meal taken mid-morning while farming, and in the North of England to denote a snack taken by miners to eat while working.

Derived terms

* baiting * flamebait * jailbait * shark bait

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Verb

(en verb)

To attract with bait; to entice.

To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.

* Washington Irving

a crooked pin bailed with a vile earthworm

Usage notes

* This verb is sometimes confused in writing with the rare verb (bate), which is pronounced identically; in particular, the expression (with bated breath) is frequently misspelled *(term) by writers unfamiliar with the verb (bate).

Etymology 2

From (etyl) baiten, beiten, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.

:to bait''' a bear with dogs; to '''bait a bull

To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.

To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.

*, Bk.V, Ch.ix:

*:And than they com into a lowe medow that was full of swete floures, and there thes noble knyghtes bayted her horses.

Of a horse or other animal: to take food, especially during a journey.

*, II.22:

*:King Cyrus , that he might more speedily receave news from al parts of his Empire (which was of exceeding great length), would needs have it tried how far a horse could in a day goe outright without baiting , at which distance he caused stations to be set up, and men to have fresh horses ready for al such as came to him.

To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.

*Milton

*:Evil news rides post, while good news baits .

*Evelyn

*:My lord's coach conveyed me to Bury, and thence baiting at Newmarket.

Etymology 3

(etyl) battre de l'aile'' or ''des ailes , to flap or flutter.

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.

* Shakespeare

Kites that bait and beat.

Anagrams

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chum

English

Etymology 1

1675–85; of uncertain origin, possibly from (cham), shortening of (chambermate), or from comrade.

Noun

(en noun)

A friend; a pal.

I ran into an old chum from school the other day.

(dated) A roommate, especially in a college or university.

* 1856 in The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine [http://books.google.com/books?vid=LCCN01002996&id=N_dFtyzEqFsC&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=chum&as_brr=1]

Field had a 'chum,' or room-mate, whose visage was suggestive to the 'Sophs;' it invited experiment; it held out opportunity for their peculiar deviltry.

Synonyms

* See also

Verb

(chumm)

To share rooms with; to live together.

* 1899 Clyde Bowman Furst, A Group of Old Authors [http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC00501560&id=qTQ1ql-_PGIC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=chummed&as_brr=1]

Henry Wotton and John Donne began to be friends when, as boys, they chummed together at Oxford, where Donne had gone at the age of twelve years.

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.}}

To make friends with; to socialize.

* 1902 Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness [http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=text&offset=171546995&textreg=1&query=chummed&id=ConDark]

"I was not surprised to see somebody sitting aft, on the deck, with his legs dangling over the mud. You see I rather chummed with the few mechanics there were in that station, whom the other pilgrims naturally despised -- on account of their imperfect manners, I suppose. This was the foreman -- a boiler-maker by trade -- a good worker...

* 1902 Ernest William Hornung, The Amateur Cracksman [http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=362005073&tag=Hornung,+Ernest+William:+The+Amateur+Cracksman,+1902&query=chummed&id=HorAmat]

"You'll make yourself disliked on board!"

"By von Heumann merely."

"But is that wise when he's the man we've got to diddle?"

"The wisest thing I ever did. To have chummed up with him would have been fatal -- the common dodge."

(Scotland, informal) To accompany.

Etymology 2

Perhaps from (etyl).

Noun

(-)

(fishing) A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water to attract predator fish, such as sharks.

Verb

(chumm)

(fishing) To cast chum into the water to attract fish.

* 1996 Frank Sargeant, The Reef Fishing Book: A Complete Anglers Guide [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0936513233&id=9ZyJLLmrRYMC&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78&dq=chummed+%2Bcut&sig=bXKQ_8aR776qpzT-2BOIjkfS1mI]

Small live baitfish are effective, and they will take bits of fresh cut fish when chummed strongly.

Anagrams

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