breeze vs vent

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. 

vent

noun
  • A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration. 

  • An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows. 

  • Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet. 

  • A small aperture. 

  • The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge. 

  • Ventriloquism. 

  • A slit in the seam of a garment. 

  • Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance. 

  • An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass. 

  • The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates. 

  • In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet. 

verb
  • To allow gases to escape. 

  • To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca. 

  • To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation. 

  • To express a strong emotion. 

  • To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort. 

  • To sell; to vend. 

  • To allow to escape through a vent. 

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