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Storm vs Bristle - What's the difference?

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Storm is a related term of bristle.


As proper nouns the difference between storm and bristle

is that storm is while bristle is (slang|humorous) bristol, england (in imitation of the local dialect).

storm

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) storm, from (etyl) . Related to (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially as affecting the earth's surface, and strongly implying destructive or unpleasant weather.
  • * Shakespeare
    • We hear this fearful tempest sing, / Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm .
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Donald Worster , title=A Drier and Hotter Future , volume=100, issue=1, page=70 , magazine= citation , passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
  • A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; violent outbreak.
    • The proposed reforms have led to a political storm .
  • * Shakespeare
    • Her sister / Began to scold and raise up such a storm .
  • (meteorology) a wind scale for very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane (10 or higher on the Beaufort scale).
  • (military) A violent assault on a stronghold or fortified position.
    • Hyponyms
    * See also
    Coordinate terms
    * (meteorology) breeze, gale, hurricane
    Derived terms
    * barnstorm * bestorm * duststorm * leafstorm * sandstorm * snowstorm * storm in a tea-kettle * stormlike * stormtrooper * stormy * thunderstorm * windstorm
    See also
    * blizzard

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) stormen, sturmen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move quickly and noisily like a storm, usually in a state of uproar or anger.
    • She stormed out of the room.
  • To assault (a stronghold or fortification) with military forces.
    • Troops stormed the complex.

    External links

    * (wikipedia) * (projectlink) * 1000 English basic words ----

    bristle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stiff or coarse hair.
  • The hair or straws that make up a brush, broom, or similar item.

    • Derived terms

    *

    Verb

    (bristl)
  • To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • His hair did bristle upon his head.
  • To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.
  • * Thackeray
    • the hill of La Haye Sainte bristling with ten thousand bayonets
  • * Macaulay
    • ports bristling with thousands of masts
  • To be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty / Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Engineers of a different kind , passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.}}
  • To fix a bristle to.
    • to bristle a thread

    Derived terms

    * bristling

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