Grease vs Balm - What's the difference?
grease | balm | Synonyms |
Animal fat in a melted or soft state
(extension) Any oily or fatty matter.
Shorn but not yet cleansed wool
Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
(informal) To bribe.
* Dryden
* {{quote-book, 2008, title=With Lyon in Missouri, author=Byron Archibald Dunn
, passage=Then you remember we greased him to the tune of five hundred.}}
* {{quote-book, 2009, title=GOG - an End Time Mystery, author=Dan Richardson
, passage=His employee status didn't entitle him to one, but Magdy on reception would slip him a key if Sabr greased him with a fifty.}}
(transitive, slang, aviation) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
(slang) To kill, murder.
(obsolete) To cheat or cozen; to overreach.
To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora'' of Africa, Arabia and India and ''Myroxylon of South America.
A plant or tree yielding such substance.
Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.
(figuratively) Something soothing.
Any of various aromatic plants of the genus Melissa , such as lemon balm () or bee balm.
(archaic) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.
(figurative) To soothe; to mitigate.
As nouns the difference between grease and balm
is that grease is animal fat in a melted or soft state while balm is any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.As verbs the difference between grease and balm
is that grease is to put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate while balm is to anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.grease
English
(wikipedia grease)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (animal fat) fat, lardDerived terms
* dirty grease * elbow grease * grease-box * grease bush * grease gun / grease-gun * grease-monkey * grease moth * grease nipple * greasepaint / grease-paint * grease payment * greaseproof * greasewood * greasiness * greasy * the squeaky wheel gets the grease * greaseballVerb
(greas)- the greased advocate that grinds the poor
- ''To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.
- Fat cats who can't be greased by the mob's money are greased the hard way.
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
Synonyms
* (put grease or fat on) lard * (slang for kill or murder) bump off, hit, whackDerived terms
* greaser * grease the hand * grease the wheels * grease someone's palmAnagrams
* * *balm
English
Noun
(en noun)- There is a balm in Gilead.... (Spiritual)
- Classical music is a sweet balm for our sorrows.
Synonyms
* (aromatic resin) balsam * (plant or tree) balsam * (soothing oil or lotion) balsam * (something soothing) balsamSee also
* lotion * ointment * unguentVerb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)