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Streak vs Strap - What's the difference?

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Streak is a related term of strap.


In lang=en terms the difference between streak and strap

is that streak is to move very swiftly while strap is to sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.

In slang|lang=en terms the difference between streak and strap

is that streak is (slang) to run naked in public while strap is (slang) a gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.

As nouns the difference between streak and strap

is that streak is an irregular line left from smearing or motion while strap is a long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.

As verbs the difference between streak and strap

is that streak is to have or obtain streaks while strap is to beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.

streak

English

(wikipedia streak)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
  • *
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
  • A continuous series of like events.
  • The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.
  • A moth of the family Geometridae .
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  • A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
  • (shipbuilding) A strake.
  • A rung or round of a ladder.
  • Derived terms

    * streak of good luck

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To have or obtain streaks.
  • If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak.
  • (slang) To run naked in public.
  • It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field.
  • To create streaks.
  • You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight.
  • To move very swiftly.
  • (obsolete, UK, Scotland) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
  • See also

    * losing streak * streaker * winning streak * talk a blue streak

    Anagrams

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    strap

    English

    (wikipedia strap)

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
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  • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=7 citation , passage=The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.}}
  • A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
  • * (rfdate) Addison:
  • A lively cobbler that had scarce passed a day without giving her [his wife] the discipline of the strap .
  • Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
  • A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
  • A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
  • # (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
  • # (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
  • (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
  • (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
  • A shoulder strap, see under shoulder.
  • (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
  • Derived terms

    * boot strap * shawl strap * stirrup strap * strapless * strap beam

    Verb

  • To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
  • To fasten or bind with a strap.
  • To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.
  • Derived terms

    * strap on a pair * strap-on

    Anagrams

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