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Bleat vs Bloat - What's the difference?

bleat | bloat |

As nouns the difference between bleat and bloat

is that bleat is the characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat while bloat is distention of the abdomen from death.

As verbs the difference between bleat and bloat

is that bleat is of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry while bloat is to cause to become distended.

As an adjective bloat is

(obsolete) bloated.

bleat

English

Alternative forms

* (Scotland)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.
  • Synonyms

    * (sheep's cry ) baa, baaing, bleating

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry.
  • (informal) Of a person, to complain.
  • The last thing we need is to hear them bleating to us about organizational problems.

    Synonyms

    * (1): baa * (2): kvetch (US''), moan, whinge (''British ), whine

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    bloat

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to cause to become distended
  • to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell
  • to become distended; to swell up
  • (Arbuthnot)
  • to fill with vanity or conceit
  • (Dryden)
  • to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking
  • bloated herring

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • distention of the abdomen from death
  • (figurative) wasteful use of space
  • Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat .
  • (derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) bloated
  • :{{quote-book, author=(William Shakespeare)
  • , year=1602 , title=The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark , chapter=Act 3, Scene 4. The Queen's Closet. citation , passage=Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed}}

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