Run vs Throw - What's the difference?

As a proper noun run

is .

As a verb throw is

to hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.

As a noun throw is

the flight of a thrown object; as, a fast throw or throw can be pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe or throw can be (obsolete) a moment, time, occasion or throw can be .

run

English

Verb

To move swiftly.

#(lb) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.

#(label) To go at a fast pace, to move quickly.

#(lb) To cause to move quickly; to make move lightly.

# To compete in a race.

#(lb) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.

# To carry a football down the field.

#(lb) To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.

#(lb) To flee away from a danger or towards help.

# To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.

To flow.

# To move or spread quickly.

#(lb) Of a liquid, to flow.

#(lb) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.

#(lb) To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from an object.

#(lb) To become liquid; to melt.

#*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

#*:as wax dissolves, as ice begins to run

#* (1665-1728)

#*:Sussex iron ores run freely in the fire.

#(lb) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).

#To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.

#*(Henry Felton) (1679-1740)

#*:The fairest diamonds are rough till they are polished, and the purest gold must be run and washed, and sifted in the ore.

# To go through without stopping, usually illegally.

To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.

To carry out an activity.

#(lb) To control or manage, be in charge of.

#*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-11, volume=407, issue=8835, page=12, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= What a waste , passage=India is run by gerontocrats and epigones: grey hairs and groomed heirs.}}

#(lb) To be a candidate in an election.

#(lb) To make run in a race or an election.

#To exert continuous activity; to proceed.

#(lb) To be presented in one of the media.

#(lb) To print or broadcast in the media.

#(lb) To transport someone or something.

#(lb) To smuggle illegal goods.

#*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

#*:Heavy impositionsare a strong temptation of running goods.

# To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.

(lb) To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.

#(lb) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).

#(lb) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).

#(lb) To make something extend in space.

#(lb) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.

#(lb) To make a machine operate.

(lb) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.

To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.

*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

*:Virgil, in his first Georgic, has run into a set of precepts foreign to his subject.

(lb) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).

*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

*:Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast, to rend my heart with grief and run distracted?

*1968 , (Paul Simon), The Boxer (song)

*:I was no more than a boy / In the company of strangers / In the quiet of the railway station / Running scared.

(lb) To cost a large amount of money.

(lb) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.

To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.

*(Robert South) (1634–1716)

*:to run the world back to its first original

*(Arthur Collier) (1680-1732)

*:I would gladly understand the formation of a soul, and run it up to its punctum saliens .

To cause to enter; to thrust.

*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)

*:You run your head into the lion's mouth.

*(Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)

*:having run his fingers through his hair

*:There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;.

To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.

*Bible, (w) xxvii. 41

*:They ran the ship aground.

*(John Ray) (1627-1705)

*:A talkative person runs himself upon great inconveniences by blabbing out his own or other's secrets.

*(John Locke) (1632-1705)

*:Others, accustomed to retired speculations, run natural philosophy into metaphysical notions.

To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.

To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).

*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

*:He runneth two dangers.

To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.

* (1609-1674)

*:He would himself be in the Highlands to receive them, and run his fortune with them.

To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.

To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.

To control or have precedence in a card game.

To be in form thus, as a combination of words.

* (1587-1663)

*:The king's ordinary style runneth , "Our sovereign lord the king."

*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running : “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”}}

(lb) To be popularly known; to be generally received.

* (1628–1699)

*:Men gave them their own names, by which they run a great while in Rome.

*(Richard Knolles) (1545-1610)

*:Neither was he ignorant what report ran of himself.

To have growth or development.

* John Mortimer (1656?-1736)

*:if the richness of the ground cause turnips to run to leaves

To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.

*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

*:A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds.

*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

*:Temperate climates run into moderate governments.

To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.

*Sir (Josiah Child) (1630-1699)

*:Customs run' only upon our goods imported or exported, and that but once for all; whereas interest ' runs as well upon our ships as goods, and must be yearly paid.

Synonyms

* go * pass * lead * extend * hunt * hunt down * track down * travel * speed * hurry

Derived terms

* run across * run after * run along * run around * run away * run by * run down * run in * run into * run off * run on * run out * run over * run through * run to * run up * run up against * also-ran * hit-and-run * overrun * runaround * runaway * run-down * run-in * runner * runner-up * runny * run-off * run-of-the-mill, run of the mill * runtime * run-up * runway * front runner * run for the hills * run rate * run time * hold with the hare and run with the hounds * hit the ground running * in the running * off and running * one can run but one can't hide * out of the running * make someone's blood run cold * run a bath * run a fever * run aground * run amok, run amuck * run an errand * run a risk * run a temperature * run circles around * run for the roses * run hot * run hot and cold * run high * run in the family * run low * run out of steam * run rampant * run scared * run somebody of their feet * run somebody ragged * run the gamut * run the gauntlet * run into the ground * run the show * up and running

Noun

(en noun)

Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.

I just got back from my morning run .

* {{quote-news

, year=2012 , date=June 9 , author=Owen Phillips , title=Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Krohn-Dehli took advantage of a lucky bounce of the ball after a battling run on the left flank by Simon Poulsen, dummied two defenders and shot low through goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg's legs after 24 minutes.}}

Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.

* 1759 , N. Tindal, The Continuation of Mr Rapin's History of England , volume 21 (continuation volume 9), page 92:

I need to make a run to the store.

A pleasure trip.

Let's go for a run in the car.

* Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit

And I think of giving her a run in London for a change.

Flight, instance or period of fleeing.

* 2006 , Tsirk Susej, The Demonic Bible (ISBN 1411690737), page 41:

During his run from the police, he claimed to have a metaphysical experience which can only be described as “having passed through an abyss.”

Migration (of fish).

A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.

(skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.

A (regular) trip or route.

The bus on the Cherry Street run is always crowded.

The route taken while running or skiing.

Which run did you do today?

The distance sailed by a ship.

a good run'''; a '''run of fifty miles

* 1977 , Star Wars (film)

You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.

A voyage.

a run to China

An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.

He set up a rabbit run .

(Australia, New Zealand) Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.

State of being current; currency; popularity.

* Addison

It is impossible for detached papers to have a general run , or long continuance, if not diversified with humour.

A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.

I’m having a run of bad luck.

He went to Las Vegas and spent all his money over a three-day run .

* Burke

They who made their arrangements in the first run of misadventure put a seal on their calamities.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=June 28 , author=Piers Newbery , title=Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=German wildcard Sabine Lisicki conquered her nerves to defeat France's Marion Bartoli and take her amazing Wimbledon run into the semi-finals.}}

# A series of tries in a game that were successful.

(card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.

(music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.

A trial of an experiment.

The data got lost, so I'll have to perform another run of the experiment.

A flow of liquid; a leak.

The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me.

a run of must in wine-making

the first run of sap in a maple orchard

(US, dialect) A small creek or part thereof.

The military campaign near that creek was known as "The battle of Bull Run ".

The amount of something made.

The book’s initial press run will be 5,000 copies.

A production quantity in a factory.

Yesterday we did a run of 12,000 units.

The length of a showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.

The run of the show lasted two weeks, and we sold out every night.

It is the last week of our French cinema run .

* Macaulay

A canting, mawkish play had an immense run .

A quick pace, faster than a walk.

He broke into a run .

# (of horses) A fast gallop.

A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.

Financial insecurity led to a run on the banks, as customers feared for the security of their savings.

Any sudden large demand for something.

There was a run on Christmas presents.

The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.

The horizontal length of a set of stairs

A standard or unexceptional group or category.

He stood out from the usual run of applicants.

(baseball) A score (point scored) by a runner making it around all the bases and over home plate.

(cricket) A point scored.

(American football) A gain of a (specified) distance; a running play.

one of the greatest runs of all time.

* 2003 , Jack Seibold, Spartan Sports Encyclopedia , page 592:

Aaron Roberts added an insurance touchdown on a one-yard run .

(rfc-sense) Unrestricted use of an area.

He can have the run of the house.

A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.

I have a run in my stocking.

(nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.

(construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.

(mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.

A pair or set of millstones.

(video games) A playthrough.

This was my first successful run without losing any health.

(slang)

* 1964 : Heroin by

And I'll tell ya, things aren't quite the same / When I'm rushing on my run .

Synonyms

* (horizontal part of a step) tread * (unravelling) ladder (British) * (computing) execute, start * See also

Antonyms

* (horizontal part of a step) rise, riser * (horizontal distance of a set of stairs) rise

Derived terms

{{der3 , have the run of , take a run at , cannonball run , chicken run , dry run , hacking run , home run , rat run , ski run , a run for one's money , in the long run , in the short run , on the run , make a run for it , the run of , the runs }}

Adjective

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In a liquid state; melted or molten.

Put some run butter on the vegetables.

* 1921 , L. W. Ferris, H. W. Redfield and W. R. North, The Volatile Acids and the Volatile Oxidizable Substances of Cream and Experimental Butter'', in the ''Journal of Dairy Science , volume 4 (1921), page 522:

Samples of the regular run butter were sealed in 1 pound tins and sent to Washington, where the butter was scored and examined.

Cast in a mould.

* 1735 , Thomas Frankz, A tour through France, Flanders, and Germany: in a letter to Robert Savil , page 18:

* 1833 , The Cabinet Cyclopaedia: A treatise on the progressive improvement and present state of the Manufactures in Metal'', volume 2, ''Iron and Steel (printed in London), page 314:

Vast quantities are cast in sand moulds, with that kind of run steel which is so largely used in the production of common table-knives and forks.

* (Richard of Raindale, The Plan of my House vindicated'', quoted by) T. T. B. in the ''Dwelling of Richard of Raindale, King of the Moors'', published in ''The Mirror , number 966, 7 September 1839, page 153:

For making tea I have a kettle,

Besides a pan made of run metal;

An old arm-chair, in which I sit well —

The back is round.

Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").

(of a, fish) Travelled]], migrated; having made a migration or a spawning [[#Noun, run.

* 1889 , Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell, Fishing: Salmon and Trout , fifth edition, page 185:

The temperature of the water is consequently much higher than in either England or Scotland, and many newly run salmon will be found in early spring in the upper waters of Irish rivers where obstructions exist.

* 1986 , Arthur Oglesby, Fly fishing for salmon and sea trout , page 15:

It may be very much a metallic appearance as opposed to the silver freshness of a recently run salmon.

* 2005 , Rod Sutterby, Malcolm Greenhalgh, Atlantic Salmon: An Illustrated Natural History , page 86:

Thus, on almost any day of the year, a fresh-run salmon may be caught legally somewhere in the British Isles.

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* (l), (l) 1000 English basic words ----

throw

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

Verb

To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.}}

To eject or cause to fall off.

* Shakespeare

There the snake throws her enamelled skin.

To move to another position or condition; to displace.

* , chapter=17

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}

(ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.

(cricket) Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.

(computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.

(sports) To intentionally lose a game.

* 2012 , August 1. Peter Walker and Haroon Siddique in Guardian Unlimited, Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified for 'throwing games'

Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.

(informal) To confuse or mislead.

* 1999 , Jan Blackstone-Ford, The Custody Solutions Sourcebook - Page 196

"Jann, why does he hate me so much?" That question threw me. I was expecting a lunatic yelling profanities.

(figuratively) To send desperately.

* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 28, author=Marc Vesty, work=BBC

, title= Stoke 0-2 Fulham , passage=Stoke threw men forward in numbers as they attempted to find a way back into the game, and Mark Schwarzer was forced into a low save from Huth's close-range effort.}}

To imprison.

* 1818 , (Mary Shelley), (Frankenstein)

The plot of Felix was quickly discovered, and De Lacey and Agatha were thrown into prison.

* 1993 , Margaret McKee, Fred Chisenhall, Beale black & blue: life and music on black America's main street - Page 30

The standard method of dealing with an addict was to arrest him, throw him into a cell, and leave him until the agonizing pangs of withdrawal were over.

To organize an event, especially a party.

* {{quote-news, year=1986, date=March 1, work=Evening News

, title= Bash Planned , passage=And now, Clevelanders hoping to bring the Rock Roll Hall of Fame to their city are throwing a bash to commemorate the 34th birthday of disc Jockey Alan Freed's "Moondog Coronation Ball".}}

* 1979 , Working Mother - July 1979 Page 72[http://books.google.com/books?id=SWEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72&dq=%22throw+a+party%22&hl=en&ei=KGUeTbvyA426hAfw6OC3Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFkQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=%22throw%20a%20party%22&f=false]

Should you be interested, for whatever reason, it will tell you how to throw a party for your 40-year-old husband or your 100-year-old great-grandmother. It also describes games that can be played at various kinds of parties

To roll (a die or dice).

* 1844 , Samuel Laing translating (Snorri Sturluson), Heimskringla

The kings came to the agreement between themselves that they would cast lots by the dice to determine who should have this property, and that he who threw the highest should have the district. The Swedish king threw two sixes, and said King Olaf need scarcely throw .

To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.

* 1844 , Samuel Laing translating (Snorri Sturluson), Heimskringla

The kings came to the agreement between themselves that they would cast lots by the dice to determine who should have this property, and that he who threw' the highest should have the district. The Swedish king ' threw two sixes, and said King Olaf need scarcely throw.

(bridge) To discard.

* {{quote-news, year=1990, date=January 4, work=(The Washington Times)

, title= Sharp coup overcomes trump split , passage=Declarer threw his queen of spades on the high diamond. He then won the last three tricks with his ace, queen and nine of hearts behind East's jack third.}}

(martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.

To subject someone to verbally.

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 11, author=Claude Salhani, work=UPI

, title= Analysis: Irony of Bush's European tour , passage=In other European cities the president visited this week, people waited for his motorcade to pass to throw insults at him, requiring the police to intervene with batons, water cannons and tear gas.}}

(said of animals) To give birth to.

* 1916 , Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association: Volume 49

At the end of the normal gestation period the cow threw two calf mummies as large as cats.

(said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.

* {{quote-news, year=2005, date=April 13, author=Leon Neyfakh, work=Harvard Crimson

, title= BOOKENDS: Will the Real Jonathan Safran Foer Please Stand Up , passage=“Then, when I throw my voice, when I speak as someone who's quite different from me, it starts to feel very authentic.”}}

To show sudden emotion, especially anger.

* 1991 , Janet L. Davies, Ellen Hastings Janosik, Mental health and psychiatric nursing: a caring approach

Bill runs into the kitchen and tells Dad that Erik is throwing a tantrum. He tells Bill to go back and watch his program and to ignore his brother. Fifteen minutes later, Erik is still screaming

* 1996 , New York Magazine Vol. 29, No. 32 - 19 Aug 1996; Entertaining Mrs Stone

In 1975, pregnant with the second of her three children, she threw a hissy fit to get on a trip to Boston for elected officials.

To project or send forth.

* 1900 , , (The House Behind the Cedars) , Chapter I,

Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance.

To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

* Alexander Pope

O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw .

To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.

(Tomlinson)

Synonyms

* (cause an object to move rapidly through the air) bowl, bung, buzz, cast, catapult, chuck, dash, direct, fire, fling, flip, heave, hurl, launch, lob, pitch, project, propel, send, shoot, shy, sling, toss, whang * (eject or cause to fall off) eject, throw off * (move to another position) displace, relocate * See also

Derived terms

* a stone's throw * overthrow * throw a bone to * throw a fit * throw away, throw-away * throw a wobbly * throwback * throw down the gauntlet * throw in the sponge * throw in the towel * throwing * throw shapes * throw the book at * throw up * throw one's weight around

Noun

(en noun)

The flight of a thrown object; as, a fast throw.

The act of throwing something.

A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.

A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.

A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.

Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw .

Derived terms

* throw pillow * throw-up

References

* Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001]

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (m), alteration of (m), from (etyl) . More at (m).

Noun

(en noun)

Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.

(Spenser)

(Dryden)

(veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.

Etymology 3

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.

(obsolete) A period of time; a while.

* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iv:

Downe himselfe he layd / Vpon the grassie ground, to sleepe a throw ; / The cold earth was his couch, the hard steele his pillow.

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Run vs Throw - What's the difference?

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throw

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