Blow vs. Stink — What's the Difference?

To be in a state of motion. Used of the air or of wind.

To emit a strong foul odor

To move along or be carried by the wind

To be of an extremely low or bad quality

To move with or have strong winds

To be in extremely bad repute

To expel a current of air, as from the mouth or from a bellows.

To be morally offensive or have the appearance of dishonesty or corruption

To produce a sound by expelling a current of air, as in sounding a wind instrument or a whistle.

To have something to an extreme or offensive degree

To breathe hard; pant.

To cause to stink

To release air or gas suddenly; burst or explode

A strong offensive odor; a stench.

To spout moist air from the blowhole. Used of a whale.

(Slang) A scandal or controversy

To fail or break down, as from being operated under extreme or improper conditions

(intransitive) To have a strong bad smell.

To melt or otherwise become disabled. Used of a fuse.

To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.

(Informal) To move very fast in relation to something

(intransitive) To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin.

(Slang) To go away; depart

(transitive) To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

(Informal) To boast.

A strong bad smell.

Vulgar Slang To be disgustingly disagreeable or offensive

(informal) A complaint or objection.

To cause to move by means of a current of air

Bad; inferior; worthless.

To drive a current of air on, in, or through

Bad-smelling, stinky.

To clear out or make free of obstruction by forcing air through

To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.

To shape or form (glass, for example) by forcing air or gas through at the end of a pipe.

To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

To expel (air) from the mouth.

A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.

To cause air or gas to be expelled suddenly from

A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

To cause (a wind instrument) to sound.

Be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance;

To sound

Smell badly and offensively;

To cause to be out of breath.

To allow (a winded horse) to regain its breath.

To demolish by the force of an explosion

To lay or deposit eggs in. Used of certain insects.

To cause to fail or break down, as by operating at extreme or improper conditions

To cause (a fuse) to melt or become disabled.

To spend (money) freely and rashly.

To spend money freely on; treat

(Slang) To spoil or lose through ineptitude

To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized

(Slang) To depart (a place) in a great hurry

(Baseball) To throw (a pitch) so fast that a batter cannot swing fast enough to hit it

Vulgar Slang To perform fellatio on.

To bloom or cause to bloom.

The act or an instance of blowing.

A blast of air or wind.

A storm.

(Informal) An act of bragging.

(Slang) Cocaine.

A sudden hard stroke or hit, as with the fist or an object.

An unexpected shock or calamity.

An unexpected attack; an assault.

A mass of blossoms

The state of blossoming

(intransitive) To produce an air current.

(transitive) To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.

(intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.

(figurative) To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.

(transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.

(transitive) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.

(transitive) To clear of contents by forcing air through.

(transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.

(intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.

To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.

(intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly

To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.

To blow from a gun.

(transitive) To cause the sudden destruction of.

(intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.

To recklessly squander.

To fail at something; to mess up; to make a mistake.

To be very undesirable.

To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man).

To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.

(transitive) To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.

(intransitive) (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed.

(obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.

(obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

(intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

(transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.

(dated) To talk loudly; boast; brag.

To expose, or inform on.

To sing.

To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.

To flatulate or defecate.

To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.

A strong wind.

(informal) A chance to catch one's breath.

Cocaine.

Cannabis.

Heroin.

A blowjob; fellatio.

(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.

The act of striking or hitting.

A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

A damaging occurrence.

A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.

An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.

(television) button

A mass or display of flowers; a yield.

A display of anything brilliant or bright.

A bloom, state of flowering.

(intransitive) Used to express displeasure or frustration.

Blue.

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).

To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.

To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.

To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.

To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.

To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.

To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.

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.

To deflate by sudden loss of air; usually used with out; - of inflatable tires.

To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.

To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.

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.

To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.

To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; - usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.

To spread by report; to publish; to disclose; to reveal, intentionally or inadvertently; as, to blow an agent's cover.

To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.

To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.

To deposit eggs or larvæ upon, or in (meat, etc.).

To perform an act of fellatio on; to stimulate another's penis with one's mouth; - usually considered vulgar.

To smoke (e. g. marijuana); to blow pot.

To botch; to bungle; as, he blew his chance at a good job by showing up late for the interview.

To leave; to depart from; as, to blow town.

To squander; as, he blew his inheritance gambling.

A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.

A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.

A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet.

A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.

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.

The spouting of a whale.

A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.

An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.

A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon;

An impact (as from a collision);

An unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

An unpleasant or disappointing surprise;

A strong current of air;

Street names for cocaine

Forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth;

Exhale hard;

Be blowing or storming;

Free of obstruction by blowing air through;

Be in motion due to some air or water current;

Make a sound as if blown;

Shape by blowing;

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

Spend thoughtlessly; throw away;

Spend lavishly or wastefully on;

Sound by having air expelled through a tube;

Play or sound a wind instrument;

Provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

Cause air to go in, on, or through;

Cause to move by means of an air current;

Spout moist air from the blowhole;

Leave; informal or rude;

Lay eggs;

Cause to be revealed and jeopardized;

Show off

Allow to regain its breath;

Melt, break, or become otherwise unusable;

Burst suddenly;