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Combust vs Bust - What's the difference?

combust | bust |

As verbs the difference between combust and bust

is that combust is to burn; to catch fire while bust is to break something.

As adjectives the difference between combust and bust

is that combust is burnt while bust is without any money, broke.

As a noun bust is

a sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.

combust

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To burn; to catch fire.

    • Derived terms

    () * combustion * combustible * incombustible

    Hyponyms

    * deflagrate * detonate

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Burnt.
  • (astrology) In close conjunction with the sun (so that its astrological influence is "burnt up"), sometimes specified to be within 8 degrees 30'.
  • *, I.iii.1.3:
  • *:Guianerius had a patient could make Latin verses when the moon was combust , otherwise illiterate.
  • * 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
    • Who can discern those planets that are oft Combust , and those stars of brightest magnitude that rise and set with the Sun, untill the opposite motion of their orbs bring them to such a place in the firmament, where they may be seen evning or morning.

    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

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