Belong vs Below - What's the difference?
belong | below |
(label) To have its proper place.
# (label) To be accepted in a group.
# To be a part of a group.
To be part of, or the property of.
*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}
*{{quote-book, year=1927, author=
, chapter=4, title= To be the spouse or partner of. (rfex)
(followed by'' to''') To be an element of (a set). The symbol means '''''belongs to .
To be deserved by.
* (rfdate) (Ben Jonson)
Of, belonging to.
* 1915, E. R. Masson, Untamed Territory
* 1936, M. & E. Durack, Chunuma
* 1977, N. Kolig, Playing Alonga Mud
* 1986, Kowanyama News, Dec.
* 1986, B. Shaw, Countrymen
* 1991, D. B. Rose, Hidden Histories
Lower in spatial position than.
*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
Lower in value, price, rank or concentration than.
* Addison
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, title= Downstream of.
South of.
Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.
* (John Milton)
* Hallam
(stage directions) Downstage of.
* 1952 , (Frederick Knott), , 1954 (Dramatists Play Service) acting edition, act 1, scene 1:
In a lower place.
*
*:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶.
On a lower storey.
Further down.
(lb) On a lower deck.
:
(lb) Below zero.
As an adjective belong
is oblong.As a preposition below is
lower in spatial position than.As an adverb below is
in a lower place.belong
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) belongen, from .Verb
(en verb)F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.}}
- More evils belong us than happen to us.
Derived terms
* belonging * belongingnessExternal links
*Etymology 2
Compare Kriol blanga'', Bislama ''blong'', Tok Pisin ''bilong'', and Torres Strait Creole ''blong .Alternative forms
* blung * , belonga, blongaPreposition
(English prepositions)- Jim Campbell, Charlie, Dick, ... Fred, lubra b’longa him, me, thass all.
- By an’ bye ’im grow ’m up make ’m good fella stockman b’longta you.
- Those who had persevered with the course and had acquired some skill were now almost deferentially called ‘Maban (expert) belonga clay’.
- Them two bin help’m too, and that father blung to this one old Frank.
- There’s the bloke that’s kill that feller, uncle belong you an me.
- Get that fire [wood] stacked up like that tree there, that high ... It wasn’t wood belong to that fire pile. Might be for station, or somebody else, you know.
below
English
Preposition
(English prepositions)- one degree below kings
Philip J. Bushnell, magazine=(American Scientist)
Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance, passage=Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}
- They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, how below all history the persons and their actions were.
- who thinks no fact below his regard
- Below the sofa is a low, round coffee table.