Bash vs. Belt — What's the Difference?

To strike with a heavy, crushing blow

A flexible band, as of leather or cloth, worn around the waist or over a shoulder to hold up clothing, secure tools or weapons, or serve as decoration.

To beat or assault severely

Something resembling a belt, as a number of machine-gun rounds attached together in a strip.

(Informal) To criticize (another) harshly, accusatorially, and threateningly

An encircling route.

To engage in harsh, accusatory, threatening criticism.

A seat belt or safety belt.

(Informal) A heavy, crushing blow.

A continuous band or chain for transferring motion or power or conveying materials from one wheel or shaft to another.

(Slang) A celebration; a party.

A band of tough reinforcing material beneath the tread of a tire.

(informal) To strike heavily.

A usually bandlike geographic region that is distinctive in a specific respect. Often used in combination

(informal) To collide; used with into or together.

A powerful blow; a wallop.

To criticize harshly.

A drink of hard liquor.

To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.

To equip, hold up, or attach with a belt

(informal) A forceful blow or impact.

To encircle or mark in the manner of a belt

(informal) A large party; a gala event.

To beat with a belt or strap.

An attempt at doing something.

To strike forcefully; hit.

To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.

To sing in a loud and forceful manner

To strike heavily; to beat; to crush.

To swig (an alcoholic beverage).

A forceful blow, especially one that does damage to its target.

A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.

A elaborate or lively social gathering or party.

A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.

A vigorous blow;

A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.

An uproarious party

Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.

Hit hard

A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.

(astronomy) A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.

(astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.

A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.

A quick drink of liquor.

A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).

(baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.

(weapons) A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.

(music) A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.

(transitive) To encircle.

(transitive) To fasten a belt on.

(transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.

(transitive) To hit with a belt.

To scream or sing in a loud manner.

(transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.

To hit someone or something.

To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.

(intransitive) To move very fast.

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.

That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand.

One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.

A token or badge of knightly rank.

A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.

A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.

To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.

To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.

Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys

A band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)

An elongated region where a specific condition is found;

A vigorous blow;

A path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)

The act of hitting vigorously;

Sing loudly and forcefully

Deliver a blow to;

Fasten with a belt;