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Bam vs Bao - What's the difference?

bam | bao |

As nouns the difference between bam and bao

is that bam is ned, bampot while bao is any of various types of steamed bread used in Chinese cuisine.

As an interjection bam

is representing a loud noise or heavy impact.

As a verb bam

is to impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat.

As an abbreviation BAO is

abbreviation of lang=en|baryon acoustic oscillation.

bam

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • Representing a loud noise or heavy impact.
    • The wind knocked the tree over last night. Bam ! It nearly scared me to death.
  • Representing a sudden or abrupt occurrence.
    • She said she dumped him. Now — bam ! — they're back together.

    Synonyms

    * bang * blam * pow * wham

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland, slang) ned, bampot.
  • (dated) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
    • (Garrick)I’ll break a lamp, bully a con stable, bam a justice, or bilk a boxkeeper with any man in the liberties of Westminster.
    David Garrick, The Plays of David Garrick: A Complete Collection of the Social Satires, French Adaptations, Pantomimes, Christmas and Musical Plays, Preludes, Interludes, and Burlesques, ed. Harry William Pedicord and Fredrick Louis Bergmann, vol. 1 (Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1980), 93, http://www.questia.com/read/59320440.
  • * Prof. Wilson
    • To relieve the tedium he kept plying them with all manner of bams .

    Verb

  • To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat.
    • (Foote)
  • (slang, archaic) To jeer or make fun of.

    • Noun

    (en noun)

    • Anagrams

    * English onomatopoeias ----

    bao

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bau

    Etymology 1

    From the (etyl)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Any of various types of steamed bread used in Chinese cuisine
    • Synonyms
    * See
    See also
    * (Baozi)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl).

    Noun

    (-)
  • A mancala board game played in East Africa.
    • See also
    *

    Anagrams

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