Birthday vs. Blast — What's the Difference?

A birthday is the anniversary of the birth of a person, or figuratively of an institution. Birthdays of people are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with birthday gifts, birthday cards, a birthday party, or a rite of passage.

A destructive wave of highly compressed air spreading outwards from an explosion

The anniversary of the day on which a person was born, typically treated as an occasion for celebration and the giving of gifts

A strong gust of wind or air

The day of one's birth.

A single loud note of a horn, whistle, or similar

The anniversary of one's birth.

A severe reprimand

The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.

An enjoyable experience or lively party

The anniversary of the day on which something is created.

Blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives

The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.

Produce or cause to produce loud continuous music or other noise

A birthday party.

Kick or strike (a ball) hard

To celebrate one's birthday.

Criticize fiercely

The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement.

(of a wind or other natural force) wither, shrivel, or blight (a plant)

The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one's birth.

Expressing annoyance

Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities.

A very strong gust of wind or air.

An anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)

The effect of such a gust.

The date on which a person was born

A forcible stream of air, gas, or steam from an opening, especially one in a blast furnace to aid combustion.

A sudden loud sound, especially one produced by a stream of forced air

The act of producing such a sound

A violent explosion, as of dynamite or a bomb.

The violent effect of such an explosion, consisting of a wave of increased atmospheric pressure followed immediately by a wave of decreased pressure.

An explosive charge.

(Botany) Any of several plant diseases of diverse causes, resulting in sudden death of buds, flowers, foliage, or young fruits.

A destructive or damaging influence.

A powerful hit, blow, or shot.

A violent verbal assault or outburst

(Slang) A highly exciting or pleasurable experience or event, such as a big party.

To knock down or shatter by explosion; smash.

To play or sound loudly

To cause to move with great force; hurl

To make or open by explosion

To shoot or destroy by shooting

(Sports) To hit, kick, or shoot (a ball or puck) with great force.

To have a harmful or destructive effect on

To criticize or attack vigorously

To cause to shrivel, wither, or mature imperfectly by blast or blight

To use or detonate explosives.

To emit a loud, intense sound; blare

To discharge a weapon, especially repeatedly; shoot

To attack someone or something verbally; criticize.

To move with great speed or power

(Electronics) To distort sound recording or transmission by overloading a microphone or loudspeaker.

To wither or shrivel or mature imperfectly.

A violent gust of wind.

A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the mouth, etc.

A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe.

The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.

The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.

An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.

An explosive charge for blasting.

A loud, sudden sound.

A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.

A good time; an enjoyable moment.

(marketing) A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.

A flatulent disease of sheep.

(cytology) An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).

(transitive) To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.

(intransitive) To make a loud noise.

(transitive) To shatter, as if by an explosion.

(transitive) To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).

(transitive) To curse; to damn.

To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).

(soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.

To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.

(transitive) To bring destruction or ruin on; to destroy.

(transitive) To blight or wither.

To be blighted or withered.

To blow, for example on a trumpet.

To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).

To show displeasure or disappointment: damn

A violent gust of wind.

A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.

The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.

The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath.

A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.

The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.

A flatulent disease of sheep.

To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel.

Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character.

To confound by a loud blast or din.

To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.

To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom.

To blow; to blow on a trumpet.

A long and hard-hit fly ball

A sudden very loud noise

A strong current of air;

An explosion (as of dynamite)

A highly pleasurable or exciting experience;

Intense adverse criticism;

Make a strident sound;

Hit hard;

Use explosives on;