Inch vs Breeze - What's the difference?
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A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.
(meteorology) The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch.
(figuratively) A very short distance.
* Shakespeare
(followed by a preposition) To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
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*:The window blind had been lowered — Zooey had done all his bathtub reading by the light from the three-bulb overhead fixture—but a fraction of morning light inched under the blind and onto the title page of the manuscript.
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To drive by inches, or small degrees.
* Dryden
To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
(Scotland) A small island
* Sir Walter Scott, Rosabelle
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.
Inch is a related term of breeze.
As nouns the difference between inch and breeze
is that inch is a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 254 centimetres or inch can be (scotland) a small island while breeze is a gadfly; a horsefly or breeze can be a light, gentle wind.As verbs the difference between inch and breeze
is that inch is (followed by a preposition) to advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction) while breeze is to buzz or breeze can be to move casually, in a carefree manner.inch
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (ang) ynce, from (etyl) . Compare ounce.Noun
(es)- "Don't move an inch !"
- Beldame, I think we watched you at an inch .
Derived terms
* every inch * * inch-perfectVerb
(es)- Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.
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- He gets too far into the soldier's grace / And inches out my master.
Derived terms
* inch along * inch forward * inch up * inchwormSee also
* thou * milEtymology 2
From Gaelic (innis)Noun
(es)- The blackening wave is edged with white; / To inch and rock the sea-mews fly.
