Halo vs Belt - What's the difference?
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(astronomy) A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
(astronomy) A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
(religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
To encircle with a halo.
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A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
(astronomy) A collection of rocky-constituted bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
(astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
A quick drink of liquor.
(usually, capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt'', ''Bible Belt'', ''Black Belt'', ''Green Belt ).
(baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
(weapons) device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon
To encircle.
To fasten a belt.
To hit with a belt.
and intransitive To scream or sing in a loud manner.
To drink quickly, often in gulps.
(slang) To hit someone or something.
(baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
To move very fast
Halo is a related term of belt.
As nouns the difference between halo and belt
is that halo is halo while belt is .halo
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(wikipedia halo)Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* (luminous disc around head of saints in paintings) aureole, nimbusDerived terms
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* English nouns with irregular plurals ----belt
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(wikipedia belt)Noun
(en noun)- As part of the act, the fat clown's belt broke, causing his pants to fall down.
- Keep your belt fastened; this is going to be quite a bumpy ride.
- The motor had a single belt that snaked its way back and forth around a variety of wheels.
- a belt''' of trees; a '''belt of sand
- After the bouncer gave him a solid belt to the gut, Simon had suddenly had enough of barfighting.
- Care to join me in a belt of scotch?
- That umpire called that pitch a strike at the belt .
Synonyms
* (band worn around waist) girdle, waistband, sash, strap * (band used as safety restraint) restraint, safety belt, seat belt * (powerful blow) blow, punch, sock, wallopDerived terms
* asteroid belt * below the belt * belted (adjective) * belt track * Bible Belt * black belt * chastity belt * conveyor belt * fan belt * kidney belt * Kuiper belt * radiation belt * Rust Belt * safety belt * seat belt * tighten one's belt * under one's belt * utility beltVerb
(en verb)- The small town was belted by cornfields in all directions.
- Edgar belted himself in and turned the car's ignition.
- The rotund man had difficulty belting his pants, and generally wore suspenders to avoid the issue.
- The child was misbehaving so it was belted as punishment.
- He belted out the national anthem.
- He belted down a shot of whisky.
- The angry player belted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game.
- He belted that pitch over the grandstand.
- He was really belting along.
