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Bust vs Bunt - What's the difference?

bust | bunt |

As nouns the difference between bust and bunt

is that bust is a sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders while bunt is the middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.

As verbs the difference between bust and bunt

is that bust is to break something while bunt is to intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.

As an adjective bust

is without any money, broke.

bust

English

(wikipedia bust)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) buste < (etyl) busto, probably from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders
  • The breasts and upper thorax of a woman
    • Derived terms
    * busty * overbust * underbust

    Etymology 2

    From the verb .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To break something
  • (slang) To arrest for a crime
  • (slang) To catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
  • (snowboarding) An emphatic to do
  • (US, informal) To reduce in rank.
  • * 1962 , , 01:56:35
    • If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC.
  • (poker) To lose all of one's chips.
  • (blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.
    • Synonyms
    ; to arrest for a crime : nick
    Derived terms
    * bust a cap * bust a gasket * bust a move * bust a nut * bust ass cold * bust loose * bust one's ass * bust one's balls * bust one's chops * bust out * bust up

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation:
    • a narcotics bust
  • (slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
  • (sports, derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.
  • (chess, informal) A refutation of an opening, or of previously published analysis.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (slang) without any money, broke

    • Derived terms

    * bust up/bust-up * (adjective) * buster

    Anagrams

    * English ergative verbs ----

    bunt

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
    • The bunt of the sail was green.
  • (baseball, softball) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
    • The bunt was fielded cleanly.
  • (baseball, softball) The act of bunting
    • The manager will likely call for a bunt here.
  • (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
  • A fungus (Ustilago foetida ) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust; pepperbrand.

    • See also

    * ("bunt" on Wikipedia)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (baseball) to intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance
    • Jones bunted the ball.
  • (baseball) to intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance
    • Jones bunted .
  • (aviation) to perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
    • We had heard that there was an elite group of three or four pilots in Jodhpur called the "Bunt Club", who had successfully bunted their aircraft - that is, carried out the second half of an outside loop. In the Bunt, you pushed the nose down, past the vertical and still further, until you were in horizontal inverted flight, and came out on the other side and rolled it out.
  • (nautical) To swell out.
    • The sail bunts .
  • (rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.