Bite vs. Byte
Difference Between Bite and Byte
Biteverb
To cut, grip, or tear with or as if with the teeth.
Bytenoun
A unit of data equal to eight bits. Computer memory is often expressed in megabytes or gigabytes.
Biteverb
To pierce the skin of with the teeth, fangs, or mouthparts.
Bytenoun
A set of bits constituting the smallest unit of addressable memory in a given computer, typically eight bits.
Biteverb
To sting with a stinger.
Bytenoun
(computing) A sequence of adjacent bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word; nearly always eight bits, which can represent an integer from 0 to 255 or a single character of text.
Biteverb
To cut into with or as if with a sharp instrument
The axe bit the log deeply.Bytenoun
(computing) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits
The word “hello” fits into five bytes of ASCII code.Biteverb
To grip, grab, or seize
bald treads that couldn't bite the icy road.bitten by a sudden desire to travel.Bytenoun
a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
Biteverb
To eat into; corrode.
Biteverb
To cause to sting or be painful
cold that bites the skin.a conscience bitten by remorse.Biteverb
To grip, cut into, or injure something with or as if with the teeth.
Biteverb
To have a stinging effect.
Biteverb
To have a sharp taste.
Biteverb
To take or swallow bait.
Biteverb
To be taken in by a ploy or deception
tried to sell the Brooklyn Bridge, but no one bit.Biteverb
Vulgar Slang To be highly disagreeable or annoying.
Bitenoun
The act of biting.
Bitenoun
A skin wound or puncture produced by an animal's teeth or mouthparts
the bite of an insect.Bitenoun
A stinging or smarting sensation.
Bitenoun
An incisive, penetrating quality
the bite of satire.Bitenoun
An amount removed by or as if by an act of biting
Rezoning took a bite out of the town's residential area.Bitenoun
An excerpt or fragment taken from something larger, such as a film.
Bitenoun
An amount of food taken into the mouth at one time; a mouthful.
Bitenoun
(Informal) A light meal or snack.
Bitenoun
The act or an instance of taking bait
fished all day without a bite.an ad that got a few bites but no final sales.Bitenoun
A secure grip or hold applied by a tool or machine upon a working surface.
Bitenoun
The part of a tool or machine that presses against and maintains a firm hold on a working surface.
Bitenoun
(Dentistry) The angle at which the upper and lower teeth meet; occlusion.
Bitenoun
The corrosive action of acid upon an etcher's metal plate.
Bitenoun
(Slang) An amount of money appropriated or withheld
trying to avoid the tax bite.Biteverb
(transitive) To cut off a piece by clamping the teeth.
As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.Biteverb
(transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
Biteverb
(intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
That dog is about to bite!Biteverb
(intransitive) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite.Biteverb
(intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
I needed snow chains to make the tires bite.Biteverb
(intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will really bite.Biteverb
To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
Are the fish biting today?Biteverb
To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?Biteverb
To sting.
These mosquitoes are really biting today!Biteverb
(intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
It bites like pepper or mustard.Biteverb
To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
Pepper bites the mouth.Biteverb
(intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
Biteverb
(intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
The anchor bites.Biteverb
(transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
The anchor bites the ground.Biteverb
To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
This music really bites.Biteverb
To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
You don't like that I sat on your car? Bite me.Biteverb
To plagiarize, to imitate.
He always be biting my moves.Biteverb
(obsolete) To deceive or defraud; to take in.
Bitenoun
The act of biting.
Bitenoun
The wound left behind after having been bitten.
That snake bite really hurts!Bitenoun
The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites.Bitenoun
A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
There were only a few bites left on the plate.Bitenoun
(slang) Something unpleasant.
That's really a bite!Bitenoun
(slang) An act of plagiarism.
That song is a bite of my song!Bitenoun
A small meal or snack.
I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner.Bitenoun
(figuratively) aggression
Bitenoun
The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
Bitenoun
A cheat; a trick; a fraud.
Bitenoun
A sharper; one who cheats.
Bitenoun
(printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
Bitenoun
a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
Bitenoun
a small amount of solid food; a mouthful;
all they had left was a bit of breadBitenoun
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
Bitenoun
a light informal meal
Bitenoun
(angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait;
after fishing for an hour he still had not had a biteBitenoun
wit having a sharp and caustic quality;
he commented with typical pungencythe bite of satireBitenoun
a strong odor or taste property;
the pungency of mustardthe sulfurous bite of garlicthe sharpness of strange spicesBitenoun
the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
Bitenoun
a portion removed from the whole;
the government's weekly bite from my paycheckBiteverb
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws;
Gunny invariably tried to bite herBiteverb
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort;
The sun burned his faceBiteverb
penetrate or cut, as with a knife;
The fork bit into the surfaceBiteverb
deliver a sting to;
A bee stung my arm yesterday
