Bed vs Band - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between bed and band

is that bed is a piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, for resting or sleeping on while band is a strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

As verbs the difference between bed and band

is that bed is Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.band is to fasten with a band.

bed

English

Noun

(en noun)

A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, for resting or sleeping on.

# A prepared spot to spend the night in.

# (lb) One's place of sleep or rest.

# Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.

# The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.

# (lb) Time spent in a bed.

# (lb) Marriage.

#* (1609-1674)

George, the eldest son of his second bed .

# Sexual activity.

A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.

# The bottom of a lake or other body of water.

# An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, or other sessile shellfish is found.

# A garden plot.

Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.

# A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.

# The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.

# The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.

# A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.

# The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.

# A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks.

# (lb) Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.

(lb) A layer or surface.

# A deposit of ore, coal, etc.

# (lb) the smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.

# (lb) The horizontal surface of a building stone.

# (lb) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.

(Knight)

# (lb) A course of stone or brick in a wall.

Usage notes

Sense 1. To prepare a bed is usually to "make" the bed , or (qualifier) to "spread" the bed, the verb spread probably having been developed from bedspread. Like many nouns denoting places where people spend time, (term) requires no article after certain prepositions: hence , and so on. The forms (term), etc. do exist, but tend to imply mere presence in the bed, without it being for the purpose of sleep. See also

Derived terms

* air bed/airbed * alveolar bed * apple-pie bed * bed and breakfast * bed blocker * bedbound * bedbug * bedchamber * bed check * bedclothes * bed cover * bedder * bedding * bedfast * bedfellow * bed ground * bed hair * bed head * bed-hop * bed jacket * bed linen * bed load * bedload * bedmate * bed-mould * bed of justice * bed of pelts * bed of roses * bedpan * bedpost * bed push * bedridden * bedroom * bed sheet, bedsheet * bedside * bedspread * bedspring * bedstead * bed-sitter, bedsitter * bed tea * bed trick * breakfast in bed * bunk bed * camp bed * canopy bed * capillary bed * coal bed * creek bed * day bed * death bed/deathbed * divan bed * double bed * feather bed/featherbed * filter bed * flatbed * flower bed, flowerbed * four-poster bed * French bed * gatch bed * get up on the wrong side of the bed * go to bed * go to bed with * Hollywood bed * hospital bed * hot bed/hotbed * in bed * interbedded * key bed * make one's bed and lie in it * make the bed * marker bed * Murphy bed * nail bed/nailbed * orthopedic bed * out of bed * oyster bed * pencil-post bed * pig bed * pissy bed * plank bed * platform bed (see platform) * procrustean bed * put to bed * red under the bed * river bed * roller bed * sea bed * shit the bed * single bed * sleigh bed * sofa bed/sofa-bed * sunbed * take to one's bed * tanning bed * test bed * truckle bed * trundle bed * twin bed * wake up on the wrong side of the bed * water bed, waterbed * wet the bed * you make the bed you lie in

Verb

(bedd)

Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.

# To go to a bed. (rfex)

# To place in a bed.

(Francis Bacon)

# To put oneself to sleep. (rfex)

# To furnish with a bed or bedding.

# (slang) To have sexual intercourse with.

Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.

# To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed.

#* Wordsworth:

Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded .

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# To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.

# To set out (plants) in a garden bed.

# To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed.

# To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.

#* Shakespeare:

bedded hair

# To settle, as machinery.

Derived terms

* bed down * embed

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band

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) band (also bond), from (etyl) beand, .

Noun

(en noun)

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

# A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.

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# A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.

#* 1843 , (Thomas Hood), (The Song of the Shirt)

band and gusset and seam

# A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.

# A belt or strap that is part of a machine.

(label) A strip of decoration.

# A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.

# In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.

That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

to join in Hymen's bands

A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

(label) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

(label) A part of the radio spectrum.

(label) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.

(obsolete) A bond.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

thy oath and band

(label) Pledge; security.

(Spenser)

A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.

Derived terms

* bandless * elastic band * gum band * lacquer band * rubber band * smart band * wedding band

Verb

(en verb)

To fasten with a band.

(ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

Etymology 2

From (etyl) band, from (etyl) bande, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A group of musicians, especially (a) wind and percussion players, or (b) rock musicians.

A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; i.e. marching band.

A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).

* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

"My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."

(anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society.

* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)

But in the meantime Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.

(Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.

Derived terms

* band rotunda * bandstand * brass band * jug band * marching band

Descendants

* German (colloquial, "Denglish"):

Verb

(en verb)

To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.

* Bible, Acts xxiii. 12

Certain of the Jews banded together.

Derived terms

* band together