Wind vs. Breeze
Difference Between Wind and Breeze
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.Breezenoun
A light, gentle wind.
The breeze rustled the papers on her desk.Windnoun
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
the wind of a cannon ball;the wind of a bellowsBreezenoun
(figurative) Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
After studying Latin, Spanish was a breeze.Windnoun
The ability to breathe easily.
After the second lap he was already out of wind.The fall knocked the wind out of him.Breezenoun
(cricket) Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
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.Breezenoun
Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker.
Windnoun
One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
Breezenoun
An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
The discovery produced a breeze.Windnoun
Flatus.
Eww. Someone just passed wind.Breezenoun
A brief workout for a racehorse.
Windnoun
Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
Breezenoun
A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.
Windnoun
(music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
Breezeverb
To move casually, in a carefree manner.
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".
Breezeverb
(weather) To blow gently.
Windnoun
Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
Breezeverb
To take a horse under a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion.
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.
Breezeverb
(intransitive) To buzz.
Windnoun
Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
Breezenoun
a slight wind (usually refreshing);
the breeze was cooled by the lakeas he waited he could feel the air on his neckWindnoun
A bird, the dotterel.
Breezenoun
any undertaking that is easy to do;
marketing this product will be no picnicWindnoun
The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
Breezeverb
blow gently and lightly;
It breezes most evenings at the shoreWindnoun
The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
Breezeverb
to proceed quickly and easily
Windverb
(transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
Windverb
(transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen.
The boxer was winded during round two.Windverb
(reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath.
I can’t run another step — I’m winded.Windverb
(British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
Windverb
(transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
Windverb
(transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
The hounds winded the game.Windverb
(transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
Windverb
(transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
Windverb
(transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
to wind thread on a spool or into a ballWindverb
(transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.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 twineWindverb
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 atmosphereWindnoun
a tendency or force that influences events;
the winds of changeWindnoun
breath;
the collision knocked the wind out of himWindnoun
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk;
that's a lot of winddon't give me any of that jazzWindnoun
an indication of potential opportunity;
he got a tip on the stock marketa good lead for a jobWindnoun
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 windWindverb
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 bodyWindverb
extend in curves and turns;
The road winds around the lakeWindverb
wrap or coil around;
roll your hair around your fingerTwine the thread around the spoolWindverb
catch the scent of; get wind of;
The dog nosed out the drugsWindverb
coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem;
wind your watchWindverb
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
