Horn vs Belt - What's the difference?
horn | belt |
(countable) A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.
An antler.
(uncountable) The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.
An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia, the point of an anvil, or a vessel for gunpowder or liquid.
* Thomson
* Mason
# The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
# (architecture) The Ionic volute.
# (nautical) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.
# (carpentry) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.
# One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.
#* Bible, 1 Kings ii. 28
(countable) Any of several musical wind instruments.
(countable) An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.
(countable) A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.
(countable) A conical device used to direct waves.
(informal, countable) Generally, any brass wind instrument.
(slang, countable, from the horn-shaped earpieces of old communication systems that used air tubes) A telephone.
(uncountable, coarse, slang, definite article) An erection of the penis.
(countable) A peninsula or crescent-shaped tract of land. "to navigate around the horn ."
(countable) A diacritical mark that may be attached to the top right corner of the letters o' and '''u''' when writing in Vietnamese, thus forming '''?''' and ' ? .
(botany) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias ).
A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
(astronomy) A collection of rocky-constituted bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
(astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
A quick drink of liquor.
(usually, capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt'', ''Bible Belt'', ''Black Belt'', ''Green Belt ).
(baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
(weapons) device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon
To encircle.
To fasten a belt.
To hit with a belt.
and intransitive To scream or sing in a loud manner.
To drink quickly, often in gulps.
(slang) To hit someone or something.
(baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
To move very fast
As nouns the difference between horn and belt
is that horn is (countable) a hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired while belt is a band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.As verbs the difference between horn and belt
is that horn is (of an animal) to assault with the s while belt is to encircle.horn
English
Noun
- an umbrella with a handle made of horn
- The moon / Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns .
- horns of mead and ale
- Joab caught hold on the horns of the altar
- hunting horn
- antenna horn
- loudspeaker horn
Usage notes
* When used alone to refer to an instrument, horn can mean either "hunting horn" or "French horn", depending on context. Other instruments are identified by specific adjectives such as "English horn" or "basset horn".Synonyms
* (growth on the heads of certain animals) * (hard substance from which horns are made) keratin * (any of several musical wind instruments) * (instrument used to signal others) * hooter, klaxon * (conical device used to direct waves) funnel * * blower (UK''), dog and bone (''Cockney rhyming slang ), phone * boner (US ), hard-on, stiffyDerived terms
* blowhorn * bullhorn * French horn * have the horn * horned * horn in * hornist * horn of plenty * hornless * hornworm * hornwort * horny * lock horns * pull in one's horns * shoehorn * take the bull by the horns * toot one's own horn ----belt
English
(wikipedia belt)Noun
(en noun)- As part of the act, the fat clown's belt broke, causing his pants to fall down.
- Keep your belt fastened; this is going to be quite a bumpy ride.
- The motor had a single belt that snaked its way back and forth around a variety of wheels.
- a belt''' of trees; a '''belt of sand
- After the bouncer gave him a solid belt to the gut, Simon had suddenly had enough of barfighting.
- Care to join me in a belt of scotch?
- That umpire called that pitch a strike at the belt .
Synonyms
* (band worn around waist) girdle, waistband, sash, strap * (band used as safety restraint) restraint, safety belt, seat belt * (powerful blow) blow, punch, sock, wallopDerived terms
* asteroid belt * below the belt * belted (adjective) * belt track * Bible Belt * black belt * chastity belt * conveyor belt * fan belt * kidney belt * Kuiper belt * radiation belt * Rust Belt * safety belt * seat belt * tighten one's belt * under one's belt * utility beltVerb
(en verb)- The small town was belted by cornfields in all directions.
- Edgar belted himself in and turned the car's ignition.
- The rotund man had difficulty belting his pants, and generally wore suspenders to avoid the issue.
- The child was misbehaving so it was belted as punishment.
- He belted out the national anthem.
- He belted down a shot of whisky.
- The angry player belted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game.
- He belted that pitch over the grandstand.
- He was really belting along.