Blast vs Flurry - What's the difference?
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(senseid)A violent gust of wind.
* Thomson
A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.
* 1957 , H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry , p. 146:
The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
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* Tomlinson
A loud, sudden sound.
* Sir Walter Scott
* Bryant
* 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VIII
A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
* Bible, Job iv. 9
* Shakespeare
(figuratively, informal) A good time; an enjoyable moment.
(marketing) A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.
A flatulent disease of sheep.
To confound by a loud blast or din.
* Shakespeare
To make a loud noise.
To shatter, as if by an explosion.
To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
To curse; to damn.
(sci-fi) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
(soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
* {{quote-news, year=2010
, date=December 29
, author=Chris Whyatt
, title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton
, work=BBC
To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
To blight or wither.
(obsolete) To be blighted or withered.
(obsolete) To blow, as on a trumpet.
* Chaucer
A brief snowfall.
A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.
A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
Any sudden activity; a stir.
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, chapter=10 * 1998 , Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon , in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 8, author=Chris Bevan, title=Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds
, work=BBC A snack consisting of soft ice cream with small pieces of fruit, cookie, etc.
* 1988 , K. Wayne Wride, Fruit Treats'' (in ''Vegetarian Times number 134, October 1988, page 27)
* 2002 , Tampa Bay Magazine (volume 17, number 3, May-June 2002, page 235)
The violent spasms of a dying whale.
To agitate, bewilder, disconcert.
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
To move or fall in a flurry.
Blast is a related term of flurry.
As verbs the difference between blast and flurry
is that blast is while flurry is to agitate, bewilder, disconcert.As a noun flurry is
a brief snowfall.blast
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) from (etyl) . More at blow.Noun
(en noun)- And see where surly Winter passes off, / Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts'; / His ' blasts obey, and quit the howling hill.
- Blast was produced by bellows worked by four 'blowers', three of whom worked at a time while the fourth stood ready to replace one of the others.
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- Large blasts are often used.
- One blast upon his bugle horn / Were worth a thousand men.
- the blast of triumph o'er thy grave
- Then the captain sung out "Stand away!" and the cannon let off such a blast right before me that it made me deef with the noise and pretty near blind with the smoke, and I judged I was gone.
- By the blast of God they perish.
- virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast
- We had a blast at the party last night.
- an e-mail blast'''; a fax '''blast
Verb
(en verb)- Trumpeters, / With brazen din blast you the city's ear.
- Blast right through it.
- Blast it! Foiled again.
- Chewbacca blasted the Stormtroopers with his laser rifle.
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- My manager suddenly blasted me yesterday for being a little late to work for five days in a row, because I was never getting myself up on time.
- A cold wind blasted the rose plants.
- The bud blasted in the blossom.
- Toke his blake trumpe faste / And gan to puffen and to blaste .
Derived terms
* blaster * blastworthy * ghetto blaster, ghettoblaster * sandblastEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Derived terms
* blast cell * blastocyte * blastomaAnagrams
* ----flurry
English
Noun
(flurries)- a flurry of wind
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- These [argument structure] modifications are important because they have provoked a flurry of investigation into argument structure operations of merger, demotion etc.
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- They will make your tongue smile with their homemade ice cream, which was voted "Best Taste in the USA Today." Enjoy exciting toppings to personalize your treat or a yummy sundae, flurry , smoothie, banana split or shake...
Verb
(en-verb)- She was flurried by the term with which he had qualified her gentle friend, but she took the occasion for one to which she must in every manner lend herself.