Blow vs. Stink — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Blow and Stink
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Definitions
Blow➦
To be in a state of motion. Used of the air or of wind.
Stink➦
To emit a strong foul odor
The basement stinks of mildew.
Blow➦
To move along or be carried by the wind
Her hat blew away.
Stink➦
To be of an extremely low or bad quality
These golf clubs stink.
Blow➦
To move with or have strong winds
The storm blew all night.
Stink➦
To be in extremely bad repute
His name has stunk ever since that scandal.
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Blow➦
To expel a current of air, as from the mouth or from a bellows.
Stink➦
To be morally offensive or have the appearance of dishonesty or corruption
Something about her testimony stinks.
Blow➦
To produce a sound by expelling a current of air, as in sounding a wind instrument or a whistle.
Stink➦
To have something to an extreme or offensive degree
A family that is stinking with money.
An act that stinks of jealousy.
Blow➦
To breathe hard; pant.
Stink➦
To cause to stink
Garbage that stinks up the yard.
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Blow➦
To release air or gas suddenly; burst or explode
The tire blew when it hit the pothole.
Stink➦
A strong offensive odor; a stench.
Blow➦
To spout moist air from the blowhole. Used of a whale.
Stink➦
(Slang) A scandal or controversy
"the stink over sexual politics in the military" (David Nyhan).
Blow➦
To fail or break down, as from being operated under extreme or improper conditions
The furnace blew during the cold snap.
Stink➦
(intransitive) To have a strong bad smell.
Blow➦
To melt or otherwise become disabled. Used of a fuse.
Stink➦
To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.
Blow➦
(Informal) To move very fast in relation to something
The boy blew past the stands on his bike.
Stink➦
(intransitive) To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin.
Something stinks about the politician's excuses.
Blow➦
(Slang) To go away; depart
It's time to blow.
Stink➦
(transitive) To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
Blow➦
(Informal) To boast.
Stink➦
A strong bad smell.
Blow➦
Vulgar Slang To be disgustingly disagreeable or offensive
This movie blows.
Stink➦
(informal) A complaint or objection.
If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done.
Blow➦
To cause to move by means of a current of air
The wind blew the boat out to sea.
Stink➦
Bad; inferior; worthless.
The concert was stink. / That was a stink concert.
Blow➦
To drive a current of air on, in, or through
Blew my hair dry after I shampooed it.
Stink➦
Bad-smelling, stinky.
Blow➦
To clear out or make free of obstruction by forcing air through
Blew his nose all through allergy season.
Stink➦
To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.
Blow➦
To shape or form (glass, for example) by forcing air or gas through at the end of a pipe.
Stink➦
To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
Blow➦
To expel (air) from the mouth.
Stink➦
A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.
Blow➦
To cause air or gas to be expelled suddenly from
We blew a tire when we drove over the rock.
Stink➦
A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
Blow➦
To cause (a wind instrument) to sound.
Stink➦
Be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance;
This term paper stinks!
Blow➦
To sound
A bugle blowing taps.
Stink➦
Smell badly and offensively;
The building reeks of smoke
Blow➦
To cause to be out of breath.
Blow➦
To allow (a winded horse) to regain its breath.
Blow➦
To demolish by the force of an explosion
An artillery shell blew our headquarters apart.
Blow➦
To lay or deposit eggs in. Used of certain insects.
Blow➦
To cause to fail or break down, as by operating at extreme or improper conditions
Blew the engine on the last lap.
Blow➦
To cause (a fuse) to melt or become disabled.
Blow➦
To spend (money) freely and rashly.
Blow➦
To spend money freely on; treat
Blew me to a sumptuous dinner.
Blow➦
(Slang) To spoil or lose through ineptitude
Blew the audition.
Blew a three-goal lead.
Blow➦
To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized
A story in the press that blew their cover.
An agent who was blown by the opposition.
Blow➦
(Slang) To depart (a place) in a great hurry
Let's blow this city no later than noon.
Blow➦
(Baseball) To throw (a pitch) so fast that a batter cannot swing fast enough to hit it
Blew a fastball by the batter for the strikeout.
Blow➦
Vulgar Slang To perform fellatio on.
Blow➦
To bloom or cause to bloom.
Blow➦
The act or an instance of blowing.
Blow➦
A blast of air or wind.
Blow➦
A storm.
Blow➦
(Informal) An act of bragging.
Blow➦
(Slang) Cocaine.
Blow➦
A sudden hard stroke or hit, as with the fist or an object.
Blow➦
An unexpected shock or calamity.
Blow➦
An unexpected attack; an assault.
Blow➦
A mass of blossoms
Peach blow.
Blow➦
The state of blossoming
Tulips in full blow.
Blow➦
(intransitive) To produce an air current.
Blow➦
(transitive) To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
Blow the dust off that book and open it up.
Blow➦
(intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
The leaves blow through the streets in the fall.
Blow➦
(figurative) To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
Blow➦
(transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
Blow➦
(transitive) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
To blow the fire
Blow➦
(transitive) To clear of contents by forcing air through.
To blow an egg
To blow one's nose
The submarine blew its main ballast tanks.
Blow➦
(transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
Blow➦
(intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.
In the harbor, the ships' horns blew.
Blow➦
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!")
Blow➦
(intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly
Get away from that burning gas tank! It's about to blow!
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.
Blow➦
To blow from a gun.
Blow➦
(transitive) To cause the sudden destruction of.
He blew the tires and the engine.
Blow➦
(intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.
He tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line.
Blow➦
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.
Blow➦
To fail at something; to mess up; to make a mistake.
I blew it and forgot to start the spaghetti, so I had plenty of sauce and no pasta.
Good luck, and don't blow it!
Blow➦
To be very undesirable.
This blows!
Blow➦
To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man).
Who did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?
Blow➦
To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
Let's blow this joint.
Blow➦
(transitive) To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
Blow➦
(intransitive) (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed.
Blow➦
(obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
Blow➦
(obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
Blow➦
(intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
Blow➦
(transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
Blow➦
(dated) To talk loudly; boast; brag.
Blow➦
To expose, or inform on.
Blow➦
To sing.
That girl has a wonderful voice; just listen to her blow!
Blow➦
To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
Blow➦
To flatulate or defecate.
Uh, oh! I gotta blow!
Blow➦
To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
Blow➦
A strong wind.
We're having a bit of a blow this afternoon.
Blow➦
(informal) A chance to catch one's breath.
The players were able to get a blow during the last timeout.
Blow➦
Cocaine.
Blow➦
Cannabis.
Blow➦
Heroin.
Blow➦
A blowjob; fellatio.
His girlfriend gave him a blow.
Blow➦
(nautical) An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface.
Blow➦
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.
Blow➦
A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
Blow➦
A damaging occurrence.
A further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park.
Blow➦
A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
Blow➦
An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.
Blow➦
(television) button
Blow➦
A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
Blow➦
A display of anything brilliant or bright.
Blow➦
A bloom, state of flowering.
Roses in full blow.
Blow➦
(intransitive) Used to express displeasure or frustration.
Blow➦
Blue.
Blow➦
To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
How blows the citron grove.
Blow➦
To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).
The odorous banks, that blowFlowers of more mingled hue.
Blow➦
To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.
Hark how it rains and blows !
Blow➦
To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.
Blow➦
To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing.
Blow➦
To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.
There let the pealing organ blow.
Blow➦
To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.
Blow➦
To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.
The grass blows from their graves to thy own.
Blow➦
To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face.
Blow➦
To stop functioning due to a failure in an electrical circuit, especially on which breaks the circuit; sometimes used with out; - used of light bulbs, electronic components, fuses; as, the dome light in the car blew out.
Blow➦
To deflate by sudden loss of air; usually used with out; - of inflatable tires.
Blow➦
To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.
Blow➦
To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.
Off at sea northeast winds blowSabean odors from the spicy shore.
Blow➦
To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ; to blow a horn.
Hath she no husbandThat will take pains to blow a horn before her?
Boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise,Then cast it off to float upon the skies.
Blow➦
To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.
Blow➦
To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; - usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.
Blow➦
To spread by report; to publish; to disclose; to reveal, intentionally or inadvertently; as, to blow an agent's cover.
Through the court his courtesy was blown.
His language does his knowledge blow.
Blow➦
To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.
Blow➦
To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
Look how imagination blows him.
Blow➦
To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.
Blow➦
To deposit eggs or larvæ upon, or in (meat, etc.).
To sufferThe flesh fly blow my mouth.
Blow➦
To perform an act of fellatio on; to stimulate another's penis with one's mouth; - usually considered vulgar.
Blow➦
To smoke (e. g. marijuana); to blow pot.
Blow➦
To botch; to bungle; as, he blew his chance at a good job by showing up late for the interview.
Blow➦
To leave; to depart from; as, to blow town.
Blow➦
To squander; as, he blew his inheritance gambling.
I have blown him up well - nobody can say I wink at what he does.
How far the very custom of hearing anything spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage, may be seen in those speeches from [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys.
A lady's maid whose character had been blown upon.
Blow➦
A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.
Blow➦
A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.
Well struck ! there was blow for blow.
Blow➦
A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
A vigorous blow might win [Hanno's camp].
Blow➦
The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet.
A most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows.
Blow➦
A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.
Blow➦
The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows.
Blow➦
The spouting of a whale.
Blow➦
A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.
Blow➦
An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.
Blow➦
A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon;
A blow on the head
Blow➦
An impact (as from a collision);
The bump threw him off the bicycle
Blow➦
An unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
Blow➦
An unpleasant or disappointing surprise;
It came as a shock to learn that he was injured
Blow➦
A strong current of air;
The tree was bent almost double by the gust
Blow➦
Street names for cocaine
Blow➦
Forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth;
He gave his nose a loud blow
He blew out all the candles with a single puff
Blow➦
Exhale hard;
Blow on the soup to cool it down
Blow➦
Be blowing or storming;
The wind blew from the West
Blow➦
Free of obstruction by blowing air through;
Blow one's nose
Blow➦
Be in motion due to some air or water current;
The leaves were blowing in the wind
The boat drifted on the lake
The sailboat was adrift on the open sea
The shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore
Blow➦
Make a sound as if blown;
The whistle blew
Blow➦
Shape by blowing;
Blow a glass vase
Blow➦
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin;
I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Blow➦
Spend thoughtlessly; throw away;
He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
Blow➦
Spend lavishly or wastefully on;
He blew a lot of money on his new home theater
Blow➦
Sound by having air expelled through a tube;
The trumpets blew
Blow➦
Play or sound a wind instrument;
She blew the horn
Blow➦
Provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
Blow➦
Cause air to go in, on, or through;
Blow my hair dry
Blow➦
Cause to move by means of an air current;
The wind blew the leaves around in the yard
Blow➦
Spout moist air from the blowhole;
The whales blew
Blow➦
Leave; informal or rude;
Shove off!
The children shoved along
Blow now!
Blow➦
Lay eggs;
Certain insects are said to blow
Blow➦
Cause to be revealed and jeopardized;
The story blew their cover
The double agent was blown by the other side
Blow➦
Show off
Blow➦
Allow to regain its breath;
Blow a horse
Blow➦
Melt, break, or become otherwise unusable;
The lightbulbs blew out
The fuse blew
Blow➦
Burst suddenly;
The tire blew
We blew a tire