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What is the difference between bang and bam?

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Bam is a synonym of bang.



As nouns the difference between bang and bam

is that bang is a sudden percussive noise while bam is ned, bampot.

As verbs the difference between bang and bam

is that bang is to make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something while bam is to impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat.

As interjections the difference between bang and bam

is that bang is a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound while bam is representing a loud noise or heavy impact.

As an adverb bang

is right, directly.

bang

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sudden percussive noise.
    • When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang .
  • A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
  • An explosion.
  • (US, especially plural) A fringe of hair cut across the forehead.
    • Tiffany has long hair and bangs .
  • * W. D. Howells
    • his hair cut in front like a young lady's bang
  • *
  • (US) The symbol , known as an exclamation point.
    • An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path.
  • (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
  • (figuratively) An act of sexual intercourse.
  • An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
  • (slang, mining) An explosive product.
    • Load the bang into the hole.
  • (slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
    • Synonyms
    * strike, blow * explosion * (hair cut) fringe, bangs * exclamation point, exclamation mark
    Antonyms
    * (abrupt left turn) hang

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
  • (label) To hit hard.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2
    • , passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}
  • To engage in sexual intercourse.
  • *
  • * 1972 , (Mario Puzo) and (Francis Ford Coppola), (The Godfather) (film):
    • Moe Greene: He was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time!
  • (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
  • (label) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
  • * The Century Magazine
    • His hair banged even with his eyebrows.
    Synonyms
    * nail

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • , directly.
    • The passenger door was bang against the garage wall.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
    • , date=September 18 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=After yet another missed penalty by Kvirikashvili from bang in front of the posts, England scored again, centre Tuilagi flying into the line and touching down under the bar.}}
  • Precisely.
    • ''He arrived bang on time.
  • With a sudden impact.
    • Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound
    • He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, "Bang !"

    Derived terms

    * (verb) banger, gangbang * (noun) bang for the buck, big bang * (adverb) bang on, bang out of order, bang to rights, bang up / bang-up

    Etymology 2

    Shortened from .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in the plural) Brucellosis, a bacterial disease

    • Anagrams

    * English onomatopoeias ----

    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 ----