Balloon vs Thunderstick - What's the difference?
balloon | thunderstick |
An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
Such an object as a child’s toy.
Such an object designed to transport people through the air.
(medicine) A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
A speech bubble.
A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy.
(architecture) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
(chemistry) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
(pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell.
A game played with a large inflated ball.
(engraving) The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
To increase or expand rapidly.
To go up or voyage in a balloon.
To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
Narrow plastic balloon that is used as a promotional noise maker by hitting one against another.
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As nouns the difference between balloon and thunderstick
is that balloon is an inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible while thunderstick is narrow plastic balloon that is used as a promotional noise maker by hitting one against another.As a verb balloon
is to increase or expand rapidly.balloon
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Noun
(wikipedia balloon) (en noun)- the balloon of St. Paul's Cathedral in London
Synonyms
* (inflatable object) * toy balloon * (transport) hot-air balloon, Montgolfier * (in medicine) * (speech bubble) speech bubble, fumettoDerived terms
* barrage balloon * balloon animal * balloon-back * balloon barrage * balloon clock * balloon club * balloon flower * ballooning * balloonist * balloon sail * balloon tyre * balloon vine * go down like a lead balloon * hot-air balloon * pilot balloon * trial balloon * weather balloon * when the balloon goes upVerb
(en verb)- His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal.
- Prices will balloon if we don't act quickly.
See also
* airship * ball * ballonet * blimp * dirigible * gondola * zeppelinthunderstick
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Noun
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