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What is the difference between burp and fart?

burp | fart |

As nouns the difference between burp and fart

is that burp is a belch while fart is an emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.

As verbs the difference between burp and fart

is that burp is {{cx|intransitive|lang=en}} To emit a burp while fart is to emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.

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.
  • See also

    * fart * yawn

    fart

    English

    (wikipedia fart)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (informal, mildly, vulgar) To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
  • * 1728 , , "A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy":
  • I fart with twenty ladies by;
    They call me beast; and what care I?
  • To waste time with idle and inconsequential tasks; to go about one's activities in a lackadaisical manner; to be lazy or over-relaxed in one's manner or bearing.
  • Synonyms

    * beef * blow off * break wind * cut one loose * cut the cheese * flatulate * guff * have gas * let one rip * pass gas * pass wind * poot * step on a duck * step on a frog * toot * blown bowel bugle * trouser cough (waste time with aimless activities) futz, fool around, fool about * See also

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.
  • * , II.12:
  • Metrocles somewhat indiscreetly, as he was disputing in his Schole, in presence of his auditory, let a fart , for shame whereof he afterwards kept his house and could not be drawen abroad.
  • (colloquial, vulgar) An irritating person; a fool.
  • (colloquial, vulgar, potentially offensive) (usually as "old fart ") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views.
  • Synonyms

    (an emission of flatulent gases) * barking spider * bottom burp * flatus * fluffer-doodle * air biscuit * poot * raspberry tart (Cockney rhyming slang) * toot * beef * See also

    Derived terms

    {{der3, armpit fart , brain fart , duck fart , fanny fart , farter , farting , fart sack , nun fart , old fart , sparrow-fart}}

    See also

    * burp * flatulence * flatulent * flatus * queef

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