Ask Difference

Butt vs. Behind — What's the Difference?

Butt vs. Behind — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Butt and Behind

ADVERTISEMENT

Compare with Definitions

Butt

(of a person or animal) hit (someone or something) with the head or horns
She butted him in the chest

Behind

At or to the far side of (something), typically so as to be hidden by it
The recording machinery was kept behind screens
The sun came out from behind a cloud

Butt

Adjoin or meet end to end
The shop butted up against the row of houses

Behind

Following or further back than (another member of a moving group)
We were stuck behind a slow-moving tractor

Butt

A push or blow, especially one given with the head.
ADVERTISEMENT

Behind

In support of or giving guidance to (someone else)
The power behind the throne
Whatever you decide to do, I'll be behind you

Butt

The person or thing at which criticism or ridicule is directed
His singing is the butt of dozens of jokes

Behind

After the departure or death of (someone)
He left behind him a manuscript which was subsequently published

Butt

An archery or shooting target or range.

Behind

Less advanced than (someone or something) in achievement or development
The government admitted it is ten years behind the West in PC technology

Butt

The thicker end of something, especially a tool or a weapon
A rifle butt

Behind

Having a lower score than (another competitor)
Woosnam moved to ten under par, five shots behind Fred Couples

Butt

The stub of a cigar or a cigarette.

Behind

At or to the far side of something
Campbell grabbed him from behind

Butt

A person's buttocks or anus
I was being paid to sit on my butt and watch television

Behind

In a particular place after leaving or after others have moved on
Don't leave me behind

Butt

The trunk of a tree, especially the part just above the ground.

Behind

Further back than other members of a moving group
Ben led the way, with Joe a short distance behind

Butt

A cask, typically used for wine, beer, or water
A butt of malmsey

Behind

(in a contest or match) having a score lower than that of the opposing team
England were still 382 runs behind

Butt

A liquid measure equal to 126 US gallons (equivalent to 477.5 litres).

Behind

Late in accomplishing a task
I'm getting behind with my work

Butt

To hit or push against with the head or horns; ram.

Behind

A person's buttocks
She slid inelegantly down a few steps on her behind

Butt

To hit or push something with the head or horns.

Behind

A kick that sends the ball over a behind line, or a touch that sends it between the inner posts, scoring one point.

Butt

To project forward or out.

Behind

In, to, or toward the rear
We walked behind.

Butt

To join or be joined end to end; abut.

Behind

In a place or condition that has been passed or left
I left my gloves behind.

Butt

A push or blow with the head or horns.

Behind

In arrears; late
I fell behind in my payments.

Butt

A butt joint.

Behind

Below the standard level; in or into an inferior position
Don't fall behind in class.

Butt

A butt hinge.

Behind

Slow
My watch is running behind.

Butt

One that serves as an object of ridicule or contempt
I was the butt of their jokes.

Behind

(Archaic) Yet to come or in reserve
"the expectation of some new possession, or of some enjoyment yet behind" (Samuel Johnson).

Butt

A target, as in archery or riflery.

Behind

At the back of or in the rear of
He sat behind her.

Butt

Butts A target range.

Behind

On the farther side or other side of; beyond
The broom is behind the door.

Butt

An obstacle behind a target for stopping the shot.

Behind

In a place or time that has been passed or left by
Their worries are behind them.

Butt

An embankment or hollow used as a blind by hunters of wildfowl.

Behind

Later than
The plane was behind schedule.

Butt

(Archaic) A goal.

Behind

Used to indicate deficiency in performance
Behind us in technological development.

Butt

(Obsolete) A bound; a limit.

Behind

Hidden or concealed by
Hatred hidden behind a bland smile.

Butt

The larger or thicker end of an object
The butt of a rifle.

Behind

In the background of; underlying
Behind your every action is self-interest.

Butt

An unburned end, as of a cigarette.

Behind

In a position or attitude of support
The leaders have the army behind them.

Butt

(Informal) A cigarette.

Behind

In pursuit of
The police were hard behind the escapees.

Butt

A short or broken remnant; a stub.

Behind

(Informal) The buttocks.

Butt

(Informal) The buttocks; the rear end.

Behind

At or to the back or far side of.
The children were hiding behind the wall.
The sun went behind the clouds.
Look behind you!
In front of

Butt

A large cask.

Behind

(figuratively) Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
Behind the smile was a cruel intention.

Butt

A unit of volume equal to two hogsheads, usually the equivalent of 126 US gallons (about 477 liters).

Behind

(figuratively) In the past, from the viewpoint of.
All my problems are behind me.

Butt

(Slang) Very. Used as an intensive
Butt ugly.
Butt expensive.

Behind

Less forward or advanced than; after.
Ahead of

Butt

(countable) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end

Behind

After in physical progress or distance.
Smith finished the race a lap behind the others.

Butt

The buttocks used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass.
Get up off your butt and get to work.

Behind

After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
I'm ranked sixth in the French class, behind five other pupils.
In the cricket match, England are 120 runs behind India.

Butt

(leather trades) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.

Behind

After in time.
London is nine hours behind Tokyo.

Butt

(countable) The waste end of anything.

Behind

Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
Who is behind these terrorist attacks?
Mr Jones was the man behind the redevelopment plan.

Butt

(slang) A used cigarette.

Behind

Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
What is behind this unexpected decision?

Butt

A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.

Behind

In support of.
The republicans are fully behind their candidate.

Butt

Hassock.

Behind

As a result or consequence of.

Butt

(US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.

Behind

At or in the rear or back part of something.
The water flows out through the pipe, and the sediment collects behind.

Butt

An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.

Behind

In a rearward direction.
We ran and ran, without once looking behind.

Butt

The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.
She was hit in the face with the butt of a shotgun.

Behind

So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
The slower runners were left a long way behind.
In the cricket match, England finished a long way behind.
The worst thing about autumn is that winter follows behind.

Butt

(lacrosse) The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.

Behind

So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
I couldn't be bothered to carry the ironing board, so I left it behind.
He stayed behind after the war.
He left behind a legacy of death and sorrow.
The island was inundated by the sea, leaving not a trace behind.

Butt

The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.

Behind

Backward in time or order of succession; past.

Butt

The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.

Behind

Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.

Butt

(mechanical) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.

Behind

(archaic) Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.

Butt

(carpentry) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.

Behind

Not advanced to the required or expected degree; overdue or in arrears.
I'm very behind in my schedule.
My employer is two paychecks behind on paying my salary.

Butt

(shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.

Behind

(of a watch or clock) Slow.
My watch is behind by four minutes.

Butt

The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.

Behind

The rear, back-end.
This part fits under the behind of the vehicle.
She sneaked up on me from behind.

Butt

(countable) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.

Behind

(informal) The buttocks, bottom, butt.
I was stung on the behind by a wasp.

Butt

A mark to be shot at; a target.

Behind

(Australian rules football) A one-point score.

Butt

Usually as "butt of (a) joke" A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
He's usually the butt of their jokes.

Behind

The catcher.

Butt

The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.

Behind

In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).

Butt

A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
Be careful in the pen, that ram can knock you down with a butt.
The handcuffed suspect gave the officer a desperate butt in the chest.

Behind

On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.
A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood.

Butt

A thrust in fencing.

Behind

Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death.
A small part of what he left behind him.

Butt

(English units) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe.

Behind

Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement.
I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

Butt

A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.

Behind

At the back part; in the rear.

Butt

(Northern England) Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot

Behind

Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.

Butt

A heavy two-wheeled cart.

Behind

Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
We can not be sure that there is no evidence behind.

Butt

A three-wheeled cart resembling a wheelbarrow.

Behind

Backward in time or order of succession; past.
Forgetting those things which are behind.

Butt

The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat.

Behind

After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.
Leave not a rack behind.

Butt

To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.

Behind

The backside; the rump.

Butt

(transitive) To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.

Behind

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
He deserves a good kick in the butt
Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?

Butt

(intransitive) To strike bluntly with the head.
Rams butt at other males during mating season.

Behind

Having the lower score or lagging position in a contest;
Behind by two points
The 8th inning found the home team trailing

Butt

A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
Here is my journey's end, here my buttAnd very sea mark of my utmost sail.

Behind

In or to or toward the rear;
He followed behind
Seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front
The final runners were far behind

Butt

A mark to be shot at; a target.
The groom his fellow groom at butts defies,And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes.

Behind

Remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from;
When he died he left much unfinished work behind
Left a large family behind
The children left their books behind
He took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind

Butt

A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company.
I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart.

Behind

Of timepieces;
The clock is almost an hour slow
My watch is running behind

Butt

A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.

Behind

In or into an inferior position;
Fell behind in his studies
Their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers

Butt

A thrust in fencing.
To prove who gave the fairer butt,John shows the chalk on Robert's coat.

Behind

In debt;
He fell behind with his mortgage payments
A month behind in the rent
A company that has been run behindhand for years
In arrears with their utility bills

Butt

A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields.

Butt

A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; - also called butt joint.

Butt

The joint where two planks in a strake meet.

Butt

A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; - so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.

Butt

The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.

Butt

The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.

Butt

The buttocks; as, get up off your butt and get to work; - used as a euphemism, less objectionable than ass.
Amen; and make me die a good old man!That's the butt end of a mother's blessing.

Butt

A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.

Butt

The common English flounder.

Butt

To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered ground.

Butt

To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head.
Two harmless lambs are butting one the other.

Butt

Thick end of the handle

Butt

A victim of ridicule or pranks

Butt

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
He deserves a good kick in the butt
Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?

Butt

Sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at

Butt

Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

Butt

A joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping

Butt

A large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)

Butt

The small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

Butt

Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;
Canada adjoins the U.S.
England marches with Scotland

Butt

To strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns;
He butted his sister out of the way

Butt

Place end to end without overlapping;
The frames must be butted at the joints

Share Your Discovery

Share via Social Media
Embed This Content
Embed Code
Share Directly via Messenger
Link
Previous Comparison
Curious vs. Curius
Next Comparison
Quarter vs. Half

Popular Comparisons

Trending Comparisons

New Comparisons

Trending Terms