Band vs. Bend — What's the Difference?

A thin strip of flexible material used to encircle and bind one object or to hold a number of objects together

To cause to assume a curved or angular shape

A strip or stripe that contrasts with something else in color, texture, or material.

To bring (a bow, for example) into a state of tension by drawing on a string or line.

A narrow strip of fabric used to trim, finish, or reinforce articles of clothing.

To force to assume a different direction or shape, according to one's own purpose

Something that constrains or binds morally or legally

To misrepresent; distort

A simple ring, especially a wedding ring.

To relax or make an exception to

A neckband or collar.

To cause to swerve from a straight line; deflect

Bands The two strips hanging from the front of a collar as part of the dress of certain clerics, scholars, and lawyers.

To render submissive; subdue

A high collar popular in the 1500s and 1600s.

To apply (the mind) closely

(Biology) A chromatically, structurally, or functionally differentiated strip or stripe in or on an organism.

(Nautical) To fasten

(Anatomy) A cordlike tissue that connects or holds structures together.

To deviate from a straight line or position

A specific range of wavelengths or frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.

To assume a curved, crooked, or angular form or direction

A range of very closely spaced electron energy levels in solids, the distribution and nature of which determine the electrical properties of a material.

To incline the body; stoop.

Any of the distinct grooves on a long-playing phonograph record that contains an individual selection or a separate section of a whole.

To make a concession; yield.

A cord or strip across the back of a book to which the sheets or quires are attached.

To apply oneself closely; concentrate

A group of people

The act or fact of bending.

A group of animals.

The state of being bent.

(Anthropology) A unit of social organization especially among hunter-gatherers, consisting of a usually small number of families living together cooperatively.

Something bent

(Canadian) An aboriginal group officially recognized as an organized unit by the Canadian government. See Usage Note at First Nation.

A knot that joins a rope to a rope or another object.

A group of musicians who perform as an ensemble.

Bends The thick planks in a ship's side; wales.

To tie, bind, or encircle with or as if with a band.

Bends (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Decompression sickness. Used with the.

To mark or identify with a band

A band passing from the upper dexter corner of an escutcheon to the lower sinister corner.

To assemble or unite in a group.

(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.

To form a group; unite

(intransitive) To become curved.

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

(transitive) To cause to change direction.

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

(intransitive) To change direction.

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

(intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.

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

To stoop.

A belt or strap that is part of a machine.

(intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.

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

(transitive) To force to submit.

(architecture) A strip of decoration.

(intransitive) To submit.

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

(transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.

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

(intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.

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

(transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.

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

To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.

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

To smoothly change the pitch of a note.

(physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

To swing the body when rowing.

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

A curve.

(obsolete) A bond.

Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.

(obsolete) Pledge; security.

A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.

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

(heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.

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

(obsolete) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.

(medicine) band cell

In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.

A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) money

(mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.

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

The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.

A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.

The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.

A marching band.

(music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.

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

To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.

(anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and states.

To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.

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

To apply closely or with interest; to direct.

To fasten with a band.

To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.

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

To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.

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

To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.

To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.

To jut over; to overhang.

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.

To be inclined; to be directed.

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

To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.

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

A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.

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

Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.

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

A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.

A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.

The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.

A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.

Hard, indurated clay; bind.

A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals; as, a high school's marching band.

Same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.

A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.

A band.

A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.

One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.

A belt or strap.

A circular segment of a curve;

A bond.

Movement that causes the formation of a curve

Pledge; security.

Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

To bind or tie with a band.

An angular or rounded shape made by folding;

To mark with a band.

A town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range

To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.

Diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left

To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.

Form a curve;

To bandy; to drive away.

Change direction;

An unofficial association of people or groups;

Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;

Instrumentalists not including string players

Bend one's back forward from the waist on down;

A stripe of contrasting color;

Turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

A strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material

Bend a joint;

A group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

A range of frequencies between two limits

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

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

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

A restraint put around something to hold it together

Bind or tie together, as with a band

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