Band vs. Group

Band vs. Group — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Band and Group

Bandnoun

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

Groupnoun

A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.

there is a group of houses behind the hill;he left town to join a Communist groupA group of people gathered in front of the Parliament to demonstrate against the Prime Minister's proposals.

Bandnoun

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

Groupnoun

(group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.

Bandnoun

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

Groupnoun

An effective divisor on a curve.

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Bandnoun

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

Groupnoun

A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.

Did you see the new jazz group?

Bandnoun

A belt or strap that is part of a machine.

Groupnoun

(astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.

Bandnoun

A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.

sandstone with bands of shale

Groupnoun

(chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.

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Bandnoun

(architecture) A strip of decoration.

Groupnoun

(chemistry) A functional group.

Nitro is an electron-withdrawing group.

Bandnoun

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

Groupnoun

(sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society.

Bandnoun

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

Groupnoun

(military) An air force formation.

Bandnoun

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

Groupnoun

(geology) A collection of formations or rock strata.

Bandnoun

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

Groupnoun

(computing) A number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.

Bandnoun

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

Groupnoun

An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.

Bandnoun

(physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Groupnoun

(music) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.

Bandnoun

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

valence band;conduction band

Groupnoun

(sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.

Bandnoun

(obsolete) A bond.

Groupnoun

(business) A commercial organization.

Bandnoun

(obsolete) Pledge; security.

Groupverb

(transitive) To put together to form a group.

group the dogs by hair colour

Bandnoun

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

Groupverb

(intransitive) To come together to form a group.

Bandnoun

(sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc

Groupnoun

any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

Bandnoun

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Groupnoun

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

Bandnoun

A wad of money totaling $10K, held together by a band; (by extension) money

Groupnoun

a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse

Bandnoun

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.

Groupverb

arrange into a group or groups;

Can you group these shapes together?

Bandnoun

A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.

Groupverb

form a group or group together

Bandnoun

A marching band.

Bandnoun

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

Bandnoun

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

Bandnoun

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

Bandverb

To fasten with a band.

Bandverb

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

Bandverb

(intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.

Bandnoun

an unofficial association of people or groups;

the smart set goes therethey were an angry lot

Bandnoun

instrumentalists not including string players

Bandnoun

a stripe of contrasting color;

chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands

Bandnoun

a strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material

Bandnoun

a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

Bandnoun

a range of frequencies between two limits

Bandnoun

something elongated that is worn around the body or one of the limbs

Bandnoun

jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger;

she had rings on every fingerhe noted that she wore a wedding band

Bandnoun

a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

Bandnoun

a restraint put around something to hold it together

Bandverb

bind or tie together, as with a band

Bandverb

attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify;

ring birdsband the geese to observe their migratory patterns