Boost vs. Boom — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Boost and Boom
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Boost
To raise or lift by pushing up from below.
Boom
A loud, deep, resonant sound
The deep boom of the bass drum
Boost
To increase; raise
Boost prices.
Efforts to boost participation in the program.
Moved my wireless router away from obstructions in order to boost its signal.
Boom
A period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth
The London property boom
Boost
To assist in further development or progress
A bill intended to boost local charities.
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Boom
A pivoted spar to which the foot of a vessel's sail is attached, allowing the angle of the sail to be changed.
Boost
To stir up enthusiasm for; promote vigorously
Boosted their school with rallies and fund drives.
Boom
A movable arm over a television or film set, carrying a microphone or camera
A boom mike
Boost
(Slang) To steal or rob, especially by shoplifting or pickpocketing.
Boom
A floating beam used to contain oil spills or to form a barrier across the mouth of a harbour or river.
Boost
(Slang) To engage in stealing, especially shoplifting or pickpocketing.
Boom
Make a loud, deep, resonant sound
Thunder boomed in the sky
Boost
A push upward or ahead.
Boom
Experience a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth
Business is booming
Boost
An encouraging act or comment.
Boom
To make a deep, resonant sound.
Boost
An increase
A big boost in salary.
Boom
To grow, develop, or progress rapidly; flourish
Business is booming.
Boost
A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
Boom
To utter or give forth with a deep, resonant sound
A field commander booming out orders.
Boost
Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.
Boom
To cause to grow or flourish; boost.
Boost
(physics) A coordinate transformation that changes velocity.
Boom
To move or position using a crane
Boomed the cargo onto the ship.
Boost
(automotive engineering) A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.
Boom
A deep resonant sound, as of an explosion.
Boost
(transitive) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.
Boom
A time of economic prosperity.
Boost
To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.
This campaign will boost your chances of winning the election.
Boom
A sudden increase, as in popularity.
Boost
To steal.
Boom
(Nautical) A spar extending usually from a mast to hold the foot, clew, or tack of a sail.
Boost
To jump-start a vehicle by using cables to connect the battery in a running vehicle to the battery in a vehicle that won't start.
Boom
A long pole extending upward at an angle from the mast of a derrick to support or guide objects being lifted or suspended.
Boost
To give a booster shot to.
Boom
A barrier composed of a chain of floating logs, typically used to block the passage of boats or to arrest the downstream motion of logs in a log drive.
Boost
To amplify; to signal boost.
Boom
A floating barrier serving to catch debris or to contain an oil spill.
Boost
To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.
Boom
A long movable arm used to maneuver and support a microphone.
Boost
A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help.
Boom
A spar that connects the tail surfaces and the main structure of an airplane.
Boost
The act of giving hope or support to someone
Boom
A long hollow tube attached to a tanker aircraft, through which fuel flows to another aircraft being refueled in flight.
Boost
An increase in cost;
They asked for a 10% rise in rates
Boom
To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
Thunder boomed in the distance and lightning flashes lit up the horizon.
The cannon boomed, recoiled, and spewed a heavy smoke cloud.
Beneath the cliff, the sea was booming on the rocks.
I can hear the organ slowly booming from the chapel.
Boost
The act of giving an upward push;
He gave her a boost over the fence
Boom
To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
Boost
Increase;
The landlord hiked up the rents
Boom
Of a Eurasian bittern, to make its deep, resonant territorial vocalisation.
Boost
Give a boost to; be beneficial to;
The tax cut will boost the economy
Boom
(transitive) To make something boom.
Men in grey robes slowly boom the drums of death.
Boost
Contribute to the progress or growth of;
I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
Boom
(aviation) To subject to a sonic boom.
Boost
Increase or raise;
Boost the voltage in an electrical circuit
Boom
To publicly praise.
Boost
Push or shove upward, as if from below or behind;
The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption
Boom
To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
Boom
(computer chess) To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position away from zero, indicating a likely win or loss.
Boom
To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
To boom out a sail
To boom off a boat
Boom
(usually with "up" or "down") To raise or lower with a crane boom.
Boom
(intransitive) To flourish, grow, or progress.
The population boomed in recent years.
Business was booming.
Boom
To cause to advance rapidly in price.
To boom railroad or mining shares
Boom
A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
The boom of the surf.
Boom
A rapid expansion or increase.
You should prepare for the coming boom in the tech industry.
Boom
(aviation) sonic boom
Boom
One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
Boom
(computer chess) An instance of booming.
Boom
(nautical) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
Boom
A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
Boom
(by extension) A microphone supported on such a pole.
Boom
A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
Boom
(electronics) The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones are transversally mounted.
Boom
A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.
Boom
A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
Boom
The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
Boom
A gymnastics apparatus similar to a balance beam.
Boom
A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
Boom
Used to suggest the sound of an explosion.
Crash boom bang
Boom
Used to suggest something happening suddenly and unexpectedly.
Boom
The sound of a bass drum beating.
Boom
The sound of a cannon firing.
Boom
A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.
Boom
A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.
Boom
A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor.
Boom
A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage.
Boom
A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away.
Boom
A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming.
Boom
A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; - applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee.
Boom
To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.
Boom
To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects.
At eve the beetle boomethAthwart the thicket lone.
Boom
To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.
Alarm guns booming through the night air.
Boom
To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
She comes booming down before it.
Boom
To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.
Boom
To cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a "boom" for; as to boom Mr. C. for senator.
Boom
A deep prolonged loud noise
Boom
A state of economic prosperity
Boom
A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money);
The demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed lik an assembly line
Boom
A pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
Boom
Any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring
Boom
Make a resonant sound, like artillery;
His deep voice boomed through the hall
Boom
Hit hard;
He smashed a 3-run homer
Boom
Be the case that thunder is being heard;
Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed
Boom
Make a deep hollow sound;
Her voice booms out the words of the song
Boom
Grow stronger;
The economy was booming
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