Fell vs Bang - What's the difference?

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As a noun fell

is fur, pelt (hairy skin of an animal).

fell

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) fellen, from (etyl) fellan, .

Verb

(en verb)

To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.

* Shakespeare

Stand, or I'll fell thee down.

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To strike down, kill, destroy.

:* {{quote-book

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Verb

(head)

(fall)

Etymology 2

(etyl) 'skin', Russian plená'' 'pelt', (etyl) plah 'to cover', Ancient Greek ''péllas 'skin').

Noun

(en noun)

That portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.

An animal skin, hide.

* Shakespeare:

We are still handling our ewes, and their fells , you know, are greasy.

(textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

Verb

(en verb)

(sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

* 2006, Colette Wolff, The Art of Manipulating Fabric , page 296:

To fell seam allowances, catch the lining underneath before emerging 1/4" (6mm) ahead, and 1/8" (3mm) to 1/4" (6mm) into the seam allowance.

(wikipedia fell)

Etymology 3

From (etyl) fell, . Compare (m).

Noun

(en noun)

A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.

* 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

The dwarves of yore made mighty spells,

While hammers fell like ringing bells,

In places deep, where dark things sleep,

In hollow halls beneath the fells.

* {{quote-book

, year=1886 , author=Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr , title=The Squire of Sandal-Side : A Pastoral Romance , work= citation , page= , passage=Every now and then the sea calls some farmer or shepherd, and the restless drop in his veins gives him no peace till he has found his way over the hills and fells to the port of Whitehaven, and gone back to the cradling bosom that rocked his ancestors.}}

* 1971 Catherine Cookson, The Dwelling Place

She didn't know at first why she stepped off the road and climbed the bank on to the fells; it wasn't until she found herself skirting a disused quarry that she realised where she was making for, and when she reached the place she stood and gazed at it. It was a hollow within an outcrop of rock, not large enough to call a cave but deep enough to shelter eight people from the rain, and with room to spare.

A wild field or upland moor.

Etymology 4

From (etyl) fel, . See felon.

Adjective

(er)

Of a strong and cruel nature; eagre and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

while we devise fell tortures for thy faults

* 1663 , (Hudibras) , by , part 1,

And many a serpent of fell kind, / With wings before, and stings behind

*{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)

, chapter=5, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.}}

Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent; clever.

(label) Eager; earnest; intent.

* (Samuel Pepys) (1633-1703)

I am so fell to my business.

Adverb

(en adverb)

Sharply; fiercely.

Derived terms

* (l)

Noun

(-)

Gall; anger; melancholy.

* Spenser:

Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell .

* XIX c. ,

I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day.

Statistics

Etymology 5

Noun

(mining) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.

English causative verbs English irregular simple past forms ----

bang

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)

A sudden percussive noise.

When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang .

A strike upon an object causing such a noise.

An explosion.

(US, especially plural) A fringe of hair cut across the forehead.

Tiffany has long hair and bangs .

* W. D. Howells

his hair cut in front like a young lady's bang

(US) The symbol , known as an exclamation point.

An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path.

(mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!

(figuratively) An act of sexual intercourse.

An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.

(slang, mining) An explosive product.

Load the bang into the hole.

(slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.

Synonyms

* strike, blow * explosion * (hair cut) fringe, bangs * exclamation point, exclamation mark

Antonyms

* (abrupt left turn) hang

Verb

(en verb)

(label) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.

(label) To hit hard.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks.

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2

, passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}

To engage in sexual intercourse.

* 1972 , (Mario Puzo) and (Francis Ford Coppola), (The Godfather) (film):

Moe Greene: He was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time!

(with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.

(label) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).

* The Century Magazine

His hair banged even with his eyebrows.

Synonyms

* nail

Adverb

(en adverb)

, directly.

The passenger door was bang against the garage wall.

* {{quote-news, year=2011

, date=September 18 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=After yet another missed penalty by Kvirikashvili from bang in front of the posts, England scored again, centre Tuilagi flying into the line and touching down under the bar.}}

Precisely.

''He arrived bang on time.

With a sudden impact.

Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.

Interjection

(en interjection)

a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound

He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, "Bang !"

Derived terms

* (verb) banger, gangbang * (noun) bang for the buck, big bang * (adverb) bang on, bang out of order, bang to rights, bang up / bang-up

Etymology 2

Shortened from .

Noun

(en noun)

(in the plural) Brucellosis, a bacterial disease

Anagrams

* English onomatopoeias ----