Band vs. Bond

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

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

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

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

A belt or strap that is part of a machine.

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

Example: ‘sandstone with bands of shale’;

(architecture) A strip of decoration.

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

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

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

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

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

(physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

(physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.

Example: ‘valence band;’; ‘conduction band’;

(obsolete) A bond.

(obsolete) Pledge; security.

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

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

(medicine) lang=en

A wad of money totaling $10K, held together by a band; (by extension) money

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

A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.

A marching band.

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

(anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society.

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

To fasten with a band.

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

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

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.

Example: ‘Every one's bands were loosed.’;

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

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

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

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

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

A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.

Example: ‘Troops of horsemen with his bands of foot.’;

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.

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

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

A belt or strap.

A bond.

Pledge; security.

To bind or tie with a band.

To mark with a band.

To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.

To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.

Example: ‘Certain of the Jews banded together.’;

To bandy; to drive away.

imp. of Bind.

an unofficial association of people or groups;

Example: ‘the smart set goes there’; ‘they were an angry lot’;

instrumentalists not including string players

a stripe of contrasting color;

Example: ‘chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands’;

a strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material

a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

a range of frequencies between two limits

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

jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger;

Example: ‘she had rings on every finger’; ‘he noted that she wore a wedding band’;

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

a restraint put around something to hold it together

bind or tie together, as with a band

attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify;

Example: ‘ring birds’; ‘band the geese to observe their migratory patterns’;

(legal) Evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.

(finance) A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.

Example: ‘Many say that government and corporate bonds are a good investment to balance against a portfolio consisting primarily of stocks.’;

A physical connection which binds, a band; often plural.

Example: ‘The prisoner was brought before the tribunal in iron bonds.’;

An emotional link, connection or union.

Example: ‘They had grown up as friends and neighbors, and not even vastly differing political views could break the bond of their friendship.’;

Moral or political duty or obligation.

(chemistry) A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.

Example: ‘Organic chemistry primarily consists of the study of carbon bonds, in their many variations.’;

A binding agreement, a covenant.

Example: ‘You could rely on him. His word was his bond.’; ‘Herbert resented his wife for subjecting him to the bonds of matrimony; he claimed they had gotten married while drunk.’;

A bail bond.

Example: ‘The bailiff released the prisoner as soon as the bond was posted.’;

Any constraining or cementing force or material.

Example: ‘A bond of superglue adhered the teacups to the ceiling, much to the consternation of the cafe owners.’;

(construction) In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying.

In Scotland, a mortgage.

(railways) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.

A peasant; churl.

A vassal; serf; one held in bondage to a superior.

(transitive) To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.

Example: ‘The gargantuan ape was bonded in iron chains and carted onto the stage.’;

(transitive) To cause to adhere (one material with another).

Example: ‘The children bonded their snapshots to the scrapbook pages with mucilage.’;

To form a chemical compound with.

Example: ‘Under unusual conditions, even gold can be made to bond with other elements.’;

(transitive) To guarantee or secure a financial risk.

Example: ‘The contractor was bonded with a local underwriter.’;

To form a friendship or emotional connection.

Example: ‘The men had bonded while serving together in Vietnam.’;

(transitive) To put in a bonded warehouse.

To lay bricks in a specific pattern.

To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors).

Example: ‘A house's distribution panel should always be bonded to the grounding rods via a panel bond.’;

To bail out by means of a bail bond.

Subject to the tenure called bondage.

In a state of servitude or slavedom; not free.

Servile; slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave.

Example: ‘bond fear’;

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.

Example: ‘Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder,I gained my freedom.’;

The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint.

A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship.

Example: ‘A people with whom I have no tie but the common bond of mankind.’;

Moral or political duty or obligation.

Example: ‘I love your majestyAccording to my bond, nor more nor less.’;

A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the whole sum.

A financial instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; a written promise to pay a specific sum of money on or before a specified day, given in return for a sum of money; as, a government, city, or railway bond.

The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond.

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English bond or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in the middle of the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the other.

A unit of chemical attraction between atoms; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. Also called chemical bond. It is often represented in graphic formulæ by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence. Several types of bond are distinguished by chemists, as double bond, triple bond, covalent bond, hydrogen bond.

A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.

League; association; confederacy.

Example: ‘The Africander Bond, a league or association appealing to African, but practically to Boer, patriotism.’;

A vassal or serf; a slave.

To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond.

To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity.

In a state of servitude or slavery; captive.

Example: ‘By one Spirit are we all baptized . . . whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free.’;

an electrical force linking atoms

a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal

a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest;

Example: ‘the shifting alliances within a large family’; ‘their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them’;

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial;

Example: ‘the judge set bail at $10,000’; ‘a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman’;

a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

a connection that fastens things together

a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents

United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)

British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming

the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

stick to firmly;

Example: ‘Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?’;

create social or emotional ties;

Example: ‘The grandparents want to bond with the child’;

issue bonds on

bring together in a common cause or emotion;

Example: ‘The death of their child had drawn them together’;

held in slavery;

Example: ‘born of enslaved parents’;