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Bellows vs Bawls - What's the difference?

bellows | bawls |

As verbs the difference between bellows and bawls

is that bellows is third-person singular of bellow while bawls is third-person singular of bawl.

As a noun bellows

is a device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.

bellows

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) belwes, plural of belu, belw, a northern form of beli, from (etyl) . Compare German (m). See also (m).

Noun

  • A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.
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  • Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
  • (informal, or, archaic) The lungs.
  • (photography) Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
  • Usage notes
    * "Bellows" is used with both singular and plural verbs. One can even find "A bellows is/was".

    Etymology 2

    See bellow

    Noun

    (head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (bellow)
  • Anagrams

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    bawls

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bawl)

  • bawl

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
  • To wail; to give out a blaring cry.
  • Derived terms

    * bawler

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