What's the difference between bolt and spark?

Bolt


Definition:

  • (n.) A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart.
  • (n.) Lightning; a thunderbolt.
  • (n.) A strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw thread cut upon the other end.
  • (n.) A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.
  • (n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
  • (n.) A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.
  • (n.) A bundle, as of oziers.
  • (v. t.) To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
  • (v. t.) To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
  • (v. t.) To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.
  • (v. t.) To refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part.
  • (v. t.) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.
  • (v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.
  • (v. i.) To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room.
  • (v. i.) To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
  • (v. i.) To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.
  • (v. i.) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
  • (adv.) In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
  • (v. i.) A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.
  • (v. i.) A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
  • (v. i.) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
  • (v. t.) To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
  • (v. t.) To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out.
  • (v. t.) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
  • (n.) A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Song appeared to give Bolt a good luck charm to wear around his wrist.
  • (2) I’m just going to prepare myself for next year, for the Olympics and come out even stronger.” Questioned over Bolt’s joking accusation, Gatlin added: “I want my money back.
  • (3) A handful of the global superstars – Usain Bolt and now Mo Farah – have enhanced their personal value, but most have driven themselves relentlessly for the glory alone.
  • (4) The treatment consisted of bolting the capitular epiphysis (head) of the femur with a homologous bone chip.
  • (5) Trying to solve those problems by closing the borders is like trying to deal with rising damp by bolting your front door Trying to solve those problems by closing the borders is like trying to deal with rising damp by bolting your front door.
  • (6) While there are smiles in the Ennis-Hill household, the organisers of the Commonwealth Games will be ruing the loss of a major star – especially as Britain's 5,000m and 10,000m Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah has admitted that the games are "not on my list" for 2014, and the 100m world record holder Usain Bolt is yet to commit.
  • (7) The bolt penetrated deeply into the pelvis, through the acetabulum, the joint cavity and the head of the femur leading to fixation of the hip.
  • (8) The prince has, after all, hardly kept his hobby horses bolted up in the stables over the years.
  • (9) The etiology was the following: 34 wounds by knife, 3 due to ricocheted bolt and 16 by abdominal contusions.
  • (10) Fragmentation also caused more brain damage and inhibition of spinal reflexes than a solid free bullet or captive bolt.
  • (11) Locking both nails with a threaded pin and two bolts limits the secondary depression of the fracture by the S-shaped lateral nail.
  • (12) Virgin Media has signed up as a top-tier sponsorship partner of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games , with the expectation that brand ambassadors and Olympic champions Mo Farah and Usain Bolt will front a major advertising campaign next year to support the deal.
  • (13) After the films have been approved, the lateral film holder bolts on top of the AP film holder.
  • (14) Let them wallow in the content that Bolt provides them, carefully calibrated to both infuriate Australia’s dwindling bigoted minority while reassuring them.
  • (15) Bolt's record-setting runs were quantum leaps, in the truest sense of the term: a shift from one state to another, without passing through the conventional intermediate stages.
  • (16) We all have a duty to raise money as a member for parliament.” Bolt persisted by asking: “I want to know.
  • (17) It is shameful.” Brandis and Abbott promised the changes before the election as a result of the case against the conservative columnist Andrew Bolt.
  • (18) A News Ltd columnist and political commentator, Andrew Bolt, who was found to have breached the Racial Discrimination Act in two articles he wrote in 2009, was among those to have blamed Goodes and the Indigenous round incident for his recent treatment.
  • (19) "Flush anything nasty away and then lock them with the bolts at the top."
  • (20) The effects were calculated for the detection of sounds of enemy personnel (speech, movement noises) or their equipment (rifle bolt, tank, generator).

Spark


Definition:

  • (n.) A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion.
  • (n.) A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
  • (n.) That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle.
  • (n.) A brisk, showy, gay man.
  • (n.) A lover; a gallant; a beau.
  • (v. i.) To sparkle.
  • (v. i.) To play the spark, beau, or lover.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But the Franco-British spat sparked by Dave's rejection of Angela and Nicolas's cunning plan to save the euro has been given wings by news the US credit agencies may soon strip France of its triple-A rating and is coming along very nicely, thank you. "
  • (2) Gove said in the interview that he did not want to be Tory leader, claiming that he lacked the "extra spark of charisma and star quality" possessed by others.
  • (3) The "Dream Toys" for Christmas list includes a few old favourites alongside some new, and sparkly, additions.
  • (4) The countries have accused each other of cross-border attacks and there are fears the current tension could spark a wider war with Nkunda at its centre.
  • (5) The cost-cutting shakeup is being overseen by NHS England, but is already sparking a series of local political battles over the future of services, and exposes the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, to fresh criticism after his controversial role in the junior doctors dispute.
  • (6) The army has said it will deploy troops on the streets on that day, while the president says he may introduce a state of emergency if, as expected, the protests spark widespread civil unrest.
  • (7) The protests have sparked an exodus of Chinese nationals, many of whom have fled to neighbouring countries or further.
  • (8) Increased wear-resistance of microsurgical instruments by facing, electric spark alloying and vacuum surfacing increases the working life of the instruments by 1.5-3 times.
  • (9) It was sparked by Ferguson's decision to sue Magnier over the lucrative stud fees now being earned by retired racehorse Rock of Gibraltar, which the Scot used to co-own.
  • (10) I think it would have been appropriate and right and respectful of people’s feelings to have done so.” There was also confusion over Labour policy sparked by conflicting comments made by Corbyn and his new shadow work and pensions secretary, Owen Smith.
  • (11) He was the peaceful activist whose sudden disappearance into a phalanx of riot police on a Baltimore street sparked a viral panic.
  • (12) The incident in Aswan that sparked Sunday's protest was an attack on a church that attackers claimed was being built illegally.
  • (13) The amendment has sparked a particular backlash against the senator widely regarded as responsible for the decision, Ahmed Yerima, who is reported to have married a 13-year old Egyptian girl.
  • (14) We have designated this phenomenon the sparking of growth, in which cholestanol satisfies an overall membrane sterol requirement and ergosterol fulfills a high specificity sparking function.
  • (15) Despite reasonable evidence suggesting the plot letter is a hoax , it has sparked debate in the city, with far right groups looking to capitalise while some prominent Muslims claim the allegations are baseless and rooted in Islamophobia.
  • (16) As the later Spark might have said, a mortal sin against the commandment to love beauty wherever one may find it.
  • (17) Griffin vowed to lodge a complaint at the "unfair" way the Question Time programme was produced, despite the BNP's claims that his appearance sparked the "biggest single recruitment night in the party's history".
  • (18) He claimed the blaze was sparked by overheated cables setting light to stacks of toilet roll.
  • (19) Some of the world’s largest investment firms have thrown their weight behind efforts to combat smoking, sparking renewed calls for UK local authorities to divest all their shares in the tobacco industry from their pension fund investments.
  • (20) The results surpassed all expectations and the change process has instilled a new sense of pride among nurses at the hospital and sparked the development of training sessions for other nurses in the region.