Band vs. Tie — 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

Attach or fasten with string or similar cord

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

Restrict or limit (someone) to a particular situation or place

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

Connect; link

Something that constrains or binds morally or legally

Achieve the same score or ranking as another competitor or team

A simple ring, especially a wedding ring.

A piece of string, cord, or similar used for fastening or tying something

A neckband or collar.

A rod or beam holding parts of a structure together.

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

A thing that unites or links people

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

A strip of material worn round the collar and tied in a knot at the front with the ends hanging down, typically forming part of a man's smart or formal outfit

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

A result in a game or other competitive situation in which two or more competitors or teams have the same score or ranking; a draw

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

A sports match between two or more players or teams in which the winners proceed to the next round of the competition

A specific range of wavelengths or frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.

To fasten or secure with or as if with a cord, rope, or strap

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 fasten by drawing together the parts or sides and knotting with strings or laces

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 by fastening ends or parts

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

To put a knot or bow in

A group of people

To confine or restrict as if with cord

A group of animals.

To bring together in relationship; connect or unite

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

To equal (an opponent or an opponent's score) in a contest.

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

To equal an opponent's score in (a contest)

A group of musicians who perform as an ensemble.

(Music)To join (notes) by a tie.

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

To be fastened or attached

To mark or identify with a band

To achieve equal scores in a contest.

To assemble or unite in a group.

A cord, string, or other means by which something is tied.

To form a group; unite

Something that connects or unites; a link

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

A necktie.

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

A beam or rod that joins parts and gives support.

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

One of the timbers or slabs of concrete laid across a railroad bed to support the rails.

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

An equality of scores, votes, or performance in a contest

A belt or strap that is part of a machine.

A contest so resulting; a draw.

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

(Music)A curved line above or below two notes of the same pitch, indicating that the tone is to be sustained for their combined duration.

(architecture) A strip of decoration.

A knot; a fastening.

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

A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.

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

A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.

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

A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.

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

A strong connection between people or groups of people.

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

(construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.

(physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.

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

The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.

(obsolete) A bond.

(cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).

(obsolete) Pledge; security.

An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).

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

A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.

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

(music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.

(medicine) band cell

(statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.

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

(surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.

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

(graph theory) A connection between two vertices.

A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.

A tiewig.

A marching band.

(transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.

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

(transitive) To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.

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

(transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.

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

To secure (something) by string or the like.

To fasten with a band.

(ambitransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.

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

To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.

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

(music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.

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

To believe; to credit.

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.

In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.

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

A knot; a fastening.

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

A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.

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

A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.

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

An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.

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

A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place.

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

A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.

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.

Low shoes fastened with lacings.

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

To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind.

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

To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot.

A belt or strap.

To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.

A bond.

To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.

Pledge; security.

To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.

To bind or tie with a band.

To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.

To mark with a band.

To make a tie; to make an equal score.

To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.

Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front;

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

A social or business relationship;

To bandy; to drive away.

The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided;

An unofficial association of people or groups;

A horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating;

Instrumentalists not including string players

A fastener that serves to join or link;

A stripe of contrasting color;

Equality of score in a contest

A strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material

(music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value

A group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track;

A range of frequencies between two limits

A cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied;

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

Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord;

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

Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.;

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

Limit or restrict to;

A restraint put around something to hold it together

Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces;

Bind or tie together, as with a band

Form a knot or bow in;

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

Create social or emotional ties;

Perform a marriage ceremony;

Make by tying pieces together;

Unite musical notes by a tie