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Burp vs Belly - What's the difference?

burp | belly |

As nouns the difference between burp and belly

is that burp is a belch while belly is the abdomen.

As verbs the difference between burp and belly

is that burp is to emit a burp while belly is to position one's belly.

burp

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a belch
  • * 2011 ,David Foster Wallace The Pale King , page 9:
    • Sylvanshine would burp and it would seem like more than a burp ; it would taste like he'd almost thrown up a little.

    Synonyms

    * belch

    Usage notes

    * A belch is generally considered to be louder than a burp

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To emit a burp.
  • To cause someone (such as a baby) to burp.

    • Related terms

    * botty burp * burp gun

    See also

    * fart * yawn

    belly

    English

    Noun

    (bellies)
  • The abdomen.
    • (Dunglison)
  • The stomach, especially a fat one.
  • The womb.
  • * Bible, Jer. i. 5
    • Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee.
  • The lower fuselage of an airplane.
  • * 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 454:
    • There was no heat, and we shivered in the belly of the plane.
  • The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part.
    • the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, or ship
  • * Bible, Jonah ii. 2
    • Out of the belly of hell cried I.
  • (architecture) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.

    • Derived terms

    * beer belly * bellyache * belly button/belly-button * belly dance/belly-dance * belly dancer/belly-dancer * belly dancing * belly flop, bellyflop * bellyful * belly laugh/belly-laugh * bellyless * bellylike * belly of the beast * Delhi belly * fire in the belly * sawbelly * sharpbelly

    Usage notes

    * Formerly, all the splanchnic or visceral cavities were called bellies: the lower belly being the abdomen; the middle belly, the thorax; and the upper belly, the head.

    See also

    * have eyes bigger than one's belly * abdomen * bouk * stomach * tummy

    Verb

  • To position one's belly.
  • To swell and become protuberant; to bulge.
  • * Dryden
    • The bellying canvas strutted with the gale.
  • To cause to swell out; to fill.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Your breath of full consent bellied his sails.

    Derived terms

    * belly up