Gust vs Breeze - What's the difference?
gust | breeze | Synonyms |
A strong, abrupt rush of wind.
Any rush or outburst (of water, emotion etc.).
(archaic) The physiological faculty of taste.
Relish, enjoyment, appreciation.
* Jeremy Taylor
* Alexander Pope
* 1942': ‘Yes, indeed,’ said Sava with solemn '''gust . — Rebecca West, ''Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 1050)
Intellectual taste; fancy.
* Dryden
A gadfly; a horsefly.
A strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.
To buzz.
A light, gentle wind.
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*(William Wordsworth) (1770-1850)
*:Into a gradual calm the breezes sink.
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*:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
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(lb) Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. .
An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
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To move casually, in a carefree manner.
(weather) To blow gently.
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To take a horse under a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion.
In intransitive terms the difference between gust and breeze
is that gust is to blow in gusts while breeze is to buzz.gust
English
Etymology 1
Apparently from (etyl) gustr , though not recorded before Shakespeare.Noun
(en noun)- (Francis Bacon)
Synonyms
* windflawEtymology 2
From (etyl) gustus ‘taste’. For the verb, compare (etyl) (lena) gustare, (etyl) gustare, (etyl) gustar.Noun
(-)- An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite.
- Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust.
- A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients.
