breeze vs gale

breeze

noun
  • An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel. 

  • A light, gentle wind. 

  • Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength. 

  • Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker. 

  • Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult. 

  • A brief workout for a racehorse. 

  • A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae. 

verb
  • To take a horse on a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion. 

  • To blow gently. 

  • To move casually, in a carefree manner. 

  • To swim near the surface of the water, causing ripples in the surface. 

  • To buzz. 

gale

noun
  • An outburst, especially of laughter. 

  • A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens. 

  • A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale. 

verb
  • To talk. 

  • To sing; charm; enchant. 

  • To cry; groan; croak. 

  • To call. 

  • To sing; utter with musical modulations. 

  • To sail, or sail fast. 

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