Bleat vs Bloat - What's the difference?
bleat | bloat |
Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry.
(informal) Of a person, to complain.
to cause to become distended
to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell
to become distended; to swell up
to fill with vanity or conceit
to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking
distention of the abdomen from death
(figurative) wasteful use of space
(derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.
(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.
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)Synonyms
* (sheep's cry ) baa, baaing, bleatingVerb
(en verb)- The last thing we need is to hear them bleating to us about organizational problems.
Synonyms
* (1): baa * (2): kvetch (US''), moan, whinge (''British ), whineAnagrams
* * * ----bloat
English
Verb
(en verb)- (Arbuthnot)
- (Dryden)
- bloated herring
Noun
(en noun)- Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat .
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed}}