band vs stripe

band

noun
  • A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area. 

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

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

  • A belt or strap that is part of a machine. 

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

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

  • A part of the electromagnetic spectrum. 

  • A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music. 

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

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

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

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

  • A marching band. 

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

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

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

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

  • A group of energy levels in a solid state material. 

  • Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc 

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

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

verb
  • To fasten with a band. 

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

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

  • To group together for a common purpose; to confederate. 

stripe

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

  • The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces. 

  • A slash cut into the flesh as a punishment. 

  • A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy. 

  • The start/finish line. 

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

  • Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort. 

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

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

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

verb
  • To lash with a whip or strap. 

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

  • To mark with stripes. 

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