whats the difference between bend and bind?

Question

whats the difference between bend and bind?

Answer 1

you bend a stick in half. you bind a stick to the top a car.

Answer 2

bend

•form a curve; "The stick does not bend"

•a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"

•change direction; "The road bends"

•bending: movement that causes the formation of a curve

•flex: cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"

•curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

•crouch: bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

•fold: an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"

•deflect: turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

•a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range

•flex: bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees"

•diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left



bind•adhere: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"

•create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"

•make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"

•wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

•tie down: secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"

•oblige: bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"

•provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"

•form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"

•constipate: cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you"

•something that hinders as if with bonds

Answer 3

In nautical terms, a "bend" is a piece of rope tied to another..as in "Sheet bend"..they bind together i.e. two ropes binding

Answer 4

binding is wrapping, bending is altering the shape of something without the need for percussive force

Answer 5

To bend is to curve something without breaking it, as this tube is bent:

http://www.himni-racing.com/images/u%20bend%20SS.jpg



To bind is to wrap it repeatedly with cord, string, length of material, etc., as this gardener is loosely binding this vine to his stake with plastic ribbon:

http://www.learn2grow.com/gardeningguides/edibles/planting/~/media/articles/2008/07/14/StakingPlants_225x187.ashx

Here the orchid is bound to its stake:

http://blog.justaddiceorchids.com/Portals/52259/images/phalaenopsis-stake-clip.jpg