Tie vs Band - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between tie and band

is that tie is a knot; a fastening while band is a strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

As verbs the difference between tie and band

is that tie is to twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely while band is to fasten with a band.

tie

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A knot; a fastening.

A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.

(Young)

A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.

The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.

It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score.

A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.

A strong connection between people or groups of people; a bond.

the sacred ties''' of friendship or of duty; the '''ties of allegiance

* Young

No distance breaks the tie of blood.

(construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.

Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes.

(rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.

(cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different to a draw).

(sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.

The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957.

(music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes (not to be confused with a slur).

(statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.

(surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.

(graph theory) connection between two vertices.

Usage notes

* In cricket, a tie'' and a ''draw are not the same. See .

Synonyms

* (situation where one or more participants in a competition are placed equally) draw * (horizontal member that supports railway lines) sleeper (British)

Etymology 2

From (etyl) , (m).

Verb

To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.

Tie this rope in a knot for me, please.

Tie the rope to this tree.

To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.

Tie a knot in this rope for me, please.

To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.

Tie him to the tree.

* Fairfax

In bond of virtuous love together tied .

To secure (something) by string or the like.

Tie your shoes.

* Dryden

Not tied to rules of policy, you find / Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind.

(transitive, or, intransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.

They tied for third place.

They tied the game.

(US) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.

He tied me for third place.

(music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.

Synonyms

* fasten

Antonyms

* unfasten * untie

Derived terms

* tie down * tie-in, tie in * tie the knot * tie up

Anagrams

* * 1000 English basic words ----

band

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) band (also bond), from (etyl) beand, .

Noun

(en noun)

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

# A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.

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# A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.

#* 1843 , (Thomas Hood), (The Song of the Shirt)

band and gusset and seam

# A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.

# A belt or strap that is part of a machine.

(label) A strip of decoration.

# A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.

# In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.

That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

to join in Hymen's bands

A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

(label) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

(label) A part of the radio spectrum.

(label) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.

(obsolete) A bond.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

thy oath and band

(label) Pledge; security.

(Spenser)

A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.

Derived terms

* bandless * elastic band * gum band * lacquer band * rubber band * smart band * wedding band

Verb

(en verb)

To fasten with a band.

(ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

Etymology 2

From (etyl) band, from (etyl) bande, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A group of musicians, especially (a) wind and percussion players, or (b) rock musicians.

A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; i.e. marching band.

A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).

* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

"My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."

(anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society.

* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)

But in the meantime Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.

(Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.

Derived terms

* band rotunda * bandstand * brass band * jug band * marching band

Descendants

* German (colloquial, "Denglish"):

Verb

(en verb)

To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.

* Bible, Acts xxiii. 12

Certain of the Jews banded together.

Derived terms

* band together