Gas vs. Wind

Gas vs. Wind — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Gas and Wind

Gasnoun

Matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.

A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.

Windnoun

Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.

The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.The winds in Chicago are fierce.

Gasnoun

A chemical element or compound in such a state.

The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.

Windnoun

Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.

the wind of a cannon ball;the wind of a bellows

Gasnoun

(uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.

Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.

Windnoun

The ability to breathe easily.

After the second lap he was already out of wind.The fall knocked the wind out of him.
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Gasnoun

(countable) A hob on a gas cooker.

She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.

Windnoun

News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.)

Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend.

Gasnoun

(US) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process.

My tummy hurts so bad, I have gas.

Windnoun

One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).

Gasnoun

(slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.

He is such a gas!

Windnoun

Flatus.

Eww. Someone just passed wind.
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Gasnoun

(baseball) A fastball.

The closer threw him nothing but gas.

Windnoun

Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.

Gasnoun

Arterial or venous blood gas.

Windnoun

(music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.

Gasnoun

Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel.

Windnoun

A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the "four winds".

Gasnoun

(US) Gas pedal.

Windnoun

Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.

Gasverb

(transitive) To kill with poisonous gas.

Windnoun

A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.

Gasverb

(intransitive) To talk, chat.

Windnoun

Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.

Gasverb

(intransitive) To emit gas.

The battery cell was gassing.

Windnoun

A bird, the dotterel.

Gasverb

(transitive) To impregnate with gas.

to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder

Windnoun

The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.

Gasverb

(transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.

to gas thread

Windnoun

The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.

Gasverb

(US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.

The cops are coming. Gas it!

Windverb

(transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.

Gasverb

(US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.

Windverb

(transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen.

The boxer was winded during round two.

Gasadjective

comical, zany; fun, amusing

Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.

Windverb

(reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath.

I can’t run another step — I’m winded.

Gasnoun

the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container

Windverb

(British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.

Gasnoun

a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely

Windverb

(transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.

Gasnoun

a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

Windverb

(transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.

The hounds winded the game.

Gasnoun

a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal

Windverb

(transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.

Gasnoun

a pedal that controls the throttle valve;

he stepped on the gas

Windverb

(transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.

Gasnoun

a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes

Windverb

(transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.

to wind thread on a spool or into a ball

Gasverb

attack with gas; subject to gas fumes;

The despot gassed the rebellious tribes

Windverb

(transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.

Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.

Gasverb

show off

Windverb

To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.

Windverb

(ergative) To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight.

Vines wind round a pole.The river winds through the plain.

Windverb

To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.

Windverb

To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.

Windverb

To cover or surround with something coiled about.

to wind a rope with twine

Windverb

To make a winding motion.

Windnoun

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure;

trees bent under the fierce windswhen there is no wind, rowthe radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere

Windnoun

a tendency or force that influences events;

the winds of change

Windnoun

breath;

the collision knocked the wind out of him

Windnoun

empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk;

that's a lot of winddon't give me any of that jazz

Windnoun

an indication of potential opportunity;

he got a tip on the stock marketa good lead for a job

Windnoun

a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath

Windnoun

a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

Windnoun

the act of winding or twisting;

he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind

Windverb

to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course;

the river winds through the hillsthe path meanders through the vineyardssometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body

Windverb

extend in curves and turns;

The road winds around the lake

Windverb

wrap or coil around;

roll your hair around your fingerTwine the thread around the spool

Windverb

catch the scent of; get wind of;

The dog nosed out the drugs

Windverb

coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem;

wind your watch

Windverb

form into a wreath

Windverb

raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help;

hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car