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Burst vs Busted - What's the difference?

burst | busted |

As verbs the difference between burst and busted

is that burst is to break from internal pressure while busted is (bust).

As a noun burst

is an instance of, or the act of bursting .

As an adjective busted is

(often used in combination with an adjective) having a certain type of bust or busted can be (slang) broke; having no money.

burst

English

(wikipedia burst)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instance of, or the act of bursting .
  • The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away.
  • A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
  • Derived terms

    * cloudburst

    Verb

  • To break from internal pressure.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=6 citation , passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}
  • To cause to break from internal pressure.
  • (obsolete) To cause to break by any means.
  • * Shakespeare
  • You will not pay for the glasses you have burst ?
  • * Fairfax
  • He burst his lance against the sand below.
  • To separate formfeed at perforation lines.
  • To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
  • * 1856 : (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
  • He entered Maromme shouting for the people of the inn, burst open the door with a thrust of his shoulder, made for a sack of oats, emptied a bottle of sweet cider into the manger, and again mounted his nag, whose feet struck fire as it dashed along.
  • * 1913 , (Mariano Azuela), The Underdogs, translated by E. MunguÍa, Jr.
  • Like hungry dogs who have sniffed their meat, the mob bursts in, trampling down the women who sought to bar the entrance with their bodies.
  • To produce as an effect of bursting.
  • to burst a hole through the wall

    Derived terms

    * burst forth * burst into flame * burst out * burst someone's bubble

    busted

    English

    Etymology 1

    See bust (Etymology 1)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (often used in combination with an adjective) Having a certain type of bust .
  • Etymology 2

    See (Etymology 2)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang) Broke; having no money.
  • I'd like to help you, but I'm busted .
  • (slang) Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do.
  • I saw you take that cookie from the cookie jar! You're busted !
  • * 2009 , , “New Year” (essay), in The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You , ISBN 9781458775856, ReadHowYouWant.com (2010), page 66:
  • Plus, to be honest, the look on his face when he realized how very busted they were was worth far more than the fifty dollars I paid for their dinner.
  • (slang) Extremely ugly.
  • She was cute, but all her friends were busted .
  • * 2004 July 30, "Ms Pnoopie Pnats" (username), "talking about hot or not...", in alt.support.shyness, Usenet :
  • ok this gals bod is hot but her face is busted
  • (slang) Tired.
  • (slang) Broken.
  • Synonyms
    * (tired)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bust)
  • Anagrams

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