Blow vs Attack - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between blow and attack

is that blow is to put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue while attack is to deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.

As verbs the difference between blow and attack

is that blow is to produce an air current or blow can be to blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom while attack is to apply violent force to someone or something.

As nouns the difference between blow and attack

is that blow is a strong wind or blow can be the act of striking or hitting or blow can be a mass or display of flowers; a yield while attack is an attempt to cause damage or injury to, or to somehow detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.

As an adjective blow

is blue.

blow

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) blo, bloo, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(en-adj)

Blue.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) blowen, from (etyl) ).

Verb

To produce an air current.

* 1606 , , King Lear , act 3, sc. 2:

"Blow', winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! ' blow !"

* Walton

Hark how it rains and blows !

To propel by an air current.

Blow the dust off that book and open it up.

To be propelled by an air current.

The leaves blow through the streets in the fall.

To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles'', ''to blow glass .

To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.

to blow the fire

To clear of contents by forcing air through.

to blow an egg

to blow one's nose

To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.

To make a sound as the result of being blown.

In the harbor, the ships' horns blew .

* Milton

There let the pealing organ blow .

(of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.

There's nothing more thrilling to the whale watcher than to see a whale surface and blow .

There she blows ! (i.e. "I see a whale spouting!")

To explode.

Get away from that burning gas tank! It's about to blow !

To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.

The demolition squad neatly blew the old hotel up.

The aerosol can was blown to bits.

To cause sudden destruction of.

He blew the tires and the engine.

To suddenly fail destructively.

He tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line.

(slang) To be very undesirable (see also suck).

This blows !

(slang) To recklessly squander.

I managed to blow $1000 at blackjack in under an hour.

I blew $35 thou on a car.

We blew an opportunity to get benign corporate sponsorship.

(vulgar) To fellate.

Who did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?

To leave.

Let's blow this joint.

To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.

* 1606 , , Act V, scene 2, line 55.

Shall they hoist me up,
And show me to the shouting varletry
Of censuring Rome? Rather a ditch in Egypt
Be gentle grave unto me, rather on Nilus' mud
Lay me stark naked, and let the water-flies
Blow me into abhorring!

* 1610 , , act 3 scene 1

(FERDINAND)

I am, in my condition,

A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king;—

I would not so!—and would no more endure

This wooden slavery than to suffer

The flesh-fly blow my mouth.

(obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.

* Dryden

Through the court his courtesy was blown .

* Whiting

His language does his knowledge blow .

(obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

* Shakespeare

Look how imagination blows him.

To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

* Shakespeare

Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing .

To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.

to blow a horse

(Sir Walter Scott)

(obsolete) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.

* Bartlett

You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face.

Derived terms

* blow a gasket * blow a kiss * blow apart * blow away * blower * blowhard * blow hot and cold * blowhorn * blow it * blowjob * blow me * blow off * blow off steam * blow one's horn * blow one's nose * blow one's top * blow one's trumpet * blow out * blowout * blow over * blow someone out of the water * blow someone's brains out * blow someone's mind * blow someone's socks off * blow the whistle * blow up * blow upon * blowup * blow up in one's face * glassblower * mind-blowing * there she blows

Noun

(en noun)
A strong wind.

We're having a bit of a blow this afternoon.

(informal) A chance to catch one’s breath.

The players were able to get a blow during the last timeout.

(uncountable, US, slang) Cocaine.

(uncountable, UK, slang) Cannabis.

(uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang) Heroin.

Etymology 3

(etyl) blowe, blaw, northern variant of , Middle Dutch blouwen). Related to block.

Noun

(en noun)
The act of striking or hitting.

A fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone.

During an exchange to end round 13, Duran landed a blow to the midsection.

A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

* T. Arnold

A vigorous blow might win [Hanno's camp].

A damaging occurrence.

A further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park.

* Shakespeare

a most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows

* {{quote-news, year=2011
, date=April 15 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Norwich 2 - 1 Nott'm Forest , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Norwich returned to second in the Championship with victory over Nottingham Forest, whose promotion hopes were dealt another blow .}}

Synonyms

* (The act of striking) bace, strike, hit, punch * (A damaging occurrence) disaster, calamity

Derived terms

* blow-by-blow * body blow * come to blows * low blow

Etymology 4

(etyl) blowen, from (etyl) 'to bloom').

Verb

To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.

* 1599 ,

You seem to me as in her orb,

As chaste as is the bud ere it be blown ;

* 1667 ,

How blows the citron grove.

* 1784 , William Cowper, Tirocinium; or, A Review of Schools

Boys are at best but pretty buds unblown ,

Whose scent and hues are rather guessed than known;

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Noun

(en noun)
A mass or display of flowers; a yield.

* (rfdate) :

Such a blow of tulips.

A display of anything brilliant or bright.

A bloom, state of flowering.

roses in full blow .

Anagrams

* English irregular verbs 1000 English basic words

attack
English

Noun
(en noun)
An attempt to cause damage or injury to, or to somehow detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.

* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I??? Why didn’t I telephone??? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack , and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”}}
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Mark Tran
, volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks' on schools

A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.

(cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.

(volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.

(lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.

The sudden onset of a disease.

An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.

(music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.

(audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).

Synonyms
* (volleyball) hit, spike * See also
Antonyms
* (music) decay, release
Derived terms
* attack is the best form of defence * pincer attack
Related terms
* attachment
Verb
(en verb)
To apply violent force to someone or something.

This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened.

To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar ).

She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts.

* {{quote-news, year=2012
, date=June 3 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992) citation , page= , passage=In its God-like prime, The Simpsons attacked well-worn satirical fodder from unexpected angles, finding fresh laughs in the hoariest of subjects.}}
To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.

* Macaulay

On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever.

* B. Stewart

Hydrofluoric acid attacks the glass.

To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.

We´ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework.

I attacked the meal with a hearty appetite.

(cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.

(cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.

(cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.

(soccer) To move forward in an attempt to actively score point, as opposed to trying not to concede.

* {{quote-news, year=2011
, date=October 15 , author=Michael Da Silva , title=Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Six successive defeats had left them rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table but, clearly under instructions to attack from the outset, Bolton started far the brighter.}}
Synonyms
* See also
External links
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