Strap vs. String — What's the Difference?

A strap, sometimes also called strop, is an elongated flap or ribbon, usually of leather or other flexible materials. Thin straps are used as part of clothing or baggage, or bedding such as a sleeping bag.

Material made of drawn-out, twisted fiber, used for fastening, tying, or lacing.

A long narrow strip of pliant material such as leather.

A strand or cord of such material.

Such a strip equipped with a buckle or similar fastener for binding or securing objects.

A cord stretched on an instrument and struck, plucked, or bowed to produce tones.

A thin flat metal or plastic band used for fastening or clamping objects together or into position.

Strings The section of a band or orchestra composed of stringed instruments, especially violins, violas, cellos, and double basses.

A narrow band formed into a loop for grasping with the hand.

Strings Stringed instruments or their players considered as a group.

A razor strop.

Something resembling a string or appearing as a long, thin line

A strip of leather used in flogging.

A plant fiber.

To fasten or secure with a strap.

(Physics) One of the extremely minute objects that form the basis of string theory.

To beat with a strap.

A set of objects threaded together or attached on a string

To sharpen (a razor, for example).

A number of objects arranged in a line

A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.

(Computers) A set of consecutive characters.

A strap worn on the shoulder.

A series of similar or related acts, events, or items

A strip of thick leather used in flogging.

A set of animals, especially racehorses, belonging to a single owner; a stable.

Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.

A scattered group of businesses under a single ownership or management

A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.

A group of players ranked according to ability within a team

A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.

A complete game consisting of ten frames in bowling.

A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.

A stringboard.

(nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.

A stringcourse.

(botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.

(Games) The balk line in billiards.

(botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.

(Informal) A limiting or hidden condition. Often used in the plural

(slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.

To fit or furnish with strings or a string

Credit offered to a customer, especially for alcoholic drink.

To stretch out or extend

(journalism) strapline

To thread on a string

A championship belt, or by extension, the title.

To arrange in a line or series

(finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.

To fasten, tie, or hang with a string or strings

(transitive) To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.

To strip (vegetables) of fibers.

(transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.

To extend or progress in a string, line, or succession

(transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.

(countable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.

A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.

(uncountable) Such a structure considered as a substance.

Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use; as, a boot strap, shawl strap, stirrup strap.

(countable) A thread

A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop.

(countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.

A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.

(musical instrument) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.

A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.

(sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.

The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.

A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.

A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.

(countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.

A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder.

(countable) A series of items or events.

To beat or chastise with a strap.

(countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.

To fasten or bind with a strap.

(countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.

To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.

(collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.

An elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position

An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.

Hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it

A stringed instrument.

A band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag

The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.

Whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging

The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.

Tie with a strap

The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.

Beat severely with a whip or rod;

(slang) Cannabis or marijuana.

Sharpen with a strap;

(billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.

Secure (a sprained joint) with a strap

The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.

The points made in a game of billiards.

The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.

A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

(archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.

(archaic) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

(shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

(botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.

(mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

(architecture) A stringcourse.

A hoax; a fake story.

Synonym of stable

(oil drilling) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (via the mud pumps) and torque (via the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.

(transitive) To put (items) on a string.

(transitive) To put strings on (something).

(intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.

(birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.

A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments.

A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme.

The line or cord of a bow.

A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.

A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.

A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

Same as Stringcourse.

The points made in a game.

In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes, as in American billiard games, marked by buttons threaded on a string or wire.

The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; - called also string line.

A hoax; a trumped-up or "fake" story.

A sequence of similar objects or events sufficiently close in time or space to be perceived as a group; a string of accidents; a string of restaurants on a highway.

A one-dimensional string-like mathematical object used as a means of representing the properties of fundamental particles in string theory, one theory of particle physics; such hypothetical objects are one-dimensional and very small (10-33 cm) but exist in more than four spatial dimensions, and have various modes of vibration. Considering particles as strings avoids some of the problems of treating particles as points, and allows a unified treatment of gravity along with the other three forces (electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force) in a manner consistent with quantum mechanics. See also string theory.

To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.

To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.

To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.

To make tense; to strengthen.

To hoax; josh; jolly; often used with along; as, we strung him along all day until he realized we were kidding.

To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

A lightweight cord

Stringed instruments that are played with a bow;

A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed

A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding;

A linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)

A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening;

A collection of objects threaded on a single strand

A necklace made by a stringing objects together;

Thread on or as if on a string;

Add as if on a string;

Move or come along

Stretch out or arrange like a string

String together; tie or fasten with a string;

Remove the stringy parts of;

Provide with strings;