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Stripe vs. Band — What's the Difference?

Stripe vs. Band — What's the Difference?

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Stripe

A long narrow band distinguished, as by color or texture, from the surrounding material or surface.

Band

A thin strip of flexible material used to encircle and bind one object or to hold a number of objects together
A metal band around the bale of cotton.

Stripe

A textile pattern of parallel bands or lines on a contrasting background.

Band

A strip or stripe that contrasts with something else in color, texture, or material.

Stripe

A fabric having such a pattern.
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Band

A narrow strip of fabric used to trim, finish, or reinforce articles of clothing.

Stripe

A strip of cloth or braid worn on a uniform to indicate rank, awards received, or length of service; a chevron.

Band

Something that constrains or binds morally or legally
The bands of marriage and family.

Stripe

Sort; kind
"All Fascists are not of one mind, one stripe" (Lillian Hellman).

Band

A simple ring, especially a wedding ring.

Stripe

A stroke or blow, as with a whip.

Band

A neckband or collar.

Stripe

To mark with stripes or a stripe.

Band

Bands The two strips hanging from the front of a collar as part of the dress of certain clerics, scholars, and lawyers.

Stripe

A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions.
Zebra stripes

Band

A high collar popular in the 1500s and 1600s.

Stripe

A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background.

Band

(Biology) A chromatically, structurally, or functionally differentiated strip or stripe in or on an organism.

Stripe

(in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.

Band

(Anatomy) A cordlike tissue that connects or holds structures together.

Stripe

(informal) Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
Persons of the same political stripe

Band

A specific range of wavelengths or frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.

Stripe

A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow with a whip or stick.

Band

A range of very closely spaced electron energy levels in solids, the distribution and nature of which determine the electrical properties of a material.

Stripe

A slash cut into the flesh as a punishment.

Band

Any of the distinct grooves on a long-playing phonograph record that contains an individual selection or a separate section of a whole.

Stripe

(weaving) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.

Band

A cord or strip across the back of a book to which the sheets or quires are attached.

Stripe

Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots.

Band

A group of people
A band of outlaws.

Stripe

(computing) A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy.

Band

A group of animals.

Stripe

The start/finish line.

Band

(Anthropology) A unit of social organization especially among hunter-gatherers, consisting of a usually small number of families living together cooperatively.

Stripe

(transitive) To mark with stripes.

Band

(Canadian) An aboriginal group officially recognized as an organized unit by the Canadian government. See Usage Note at First Nation.

Stripe

(transitive) To lash with a whip or strap.

Band

A group of musicians who perform as an ensemble.

Stripe

To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.

Band

To tie, bind, or encircle with or as if with a band.

Stripe

A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as, a stripe, or streak, of red on a green ground; a raised stripe.

Band

To mark or identify with a band
A program to band migrating birds.

Stripe

A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.

Band

To assemble or unite in a group.

Stripe

A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment.

Band

To form a group; unite
Banded together for protection.

Stripe

A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark.
Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.

Band

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

Stripe

A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow of a lash, rod, or the like.
Cruelty marked him with inglorious stripes.

Band

A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.

Stripe

Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political stripe.

Band

A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.

Stripe

The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer.

Band

A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.

Stripe

To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different colors or textures; to variegate with stripes.

Band

A belt or strap that is part of a machine.

Stripe

To strike; to lash.

Band

A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
Sandstone with bands of shale

Stripe

A strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material

Band

(architecture) A strip of decoration.

Stripe

A piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service

Band

A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.

Stripe

V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service;
They earned their stripes in Kuwait

Band

In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.

Stripe

A kind or category;
Businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal

Band

That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

Stripe

A marking of a different color or texture from the background

Band

A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Stripe

Mark with stripes

Band

(in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
Preaching band

Band

(physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Band

(physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
Valence band;
Conduction band

Band

(obsolete) A bond.

Band

(obsolete) Pledge; security.

Band

A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.

Band

(sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc

Band

(medicine) band cell

Band

A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) money

Band

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.

Band

A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.

Band

A marching band.

Band

A group of people loosely united for a common purpose a band of thieves.

Band

(anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and states.

Band

(Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.

Band

To fasten with a band.

Band

To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

Band

(intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.

Band

To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.

Band

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.
Every one's bands were loosed.

Band

A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.

Band

That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

Band

A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Band

Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

Band

A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.

Band

A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.
Troops of horsemen with his bands of foot.

Band

A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals; as, a high school's marching band.

Band

A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.

Band

A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.

Band

A belt or strap.

Band

A bond.

Band

Pledge; security.

Band

To bind or tie with a band.

Band

To mark with a band.

Band

To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.

Band

To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.
Certain of the Jews banded together.

Band

To bandy; to drive away.

Band

An unofficial association of people or groups;
The smart set goes there
They were an angry lot

Band

Instrumentalists not including string players

Band

A stripe of contrasting color;
Chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands

Band

A strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material

Band

A group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

Band

A range of frequencies between two limits

Band

Something elongated that is worn around the body or one of the limbs

Band

Jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger;
She had rings on every finger
He noted that she wore a wedding band

Band

A strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

Band

A restraint put around something to hold it together

Band

Bind or tie together, as with a band

Band

Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify;
Ring birds
Band the geese to observe their migratory patterns

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