Die vs. Dice — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Die and Dice
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Definitions
Die
(of a person, animal, or plant) stop living
The king died a violent death
He died of tuberculosis
Trees are dying from acid rain
Dice
Dice (singular die or dice) are small, throwable objects with marked sides that can rest in multiple positions. They are used for generating random numbers, commonly as part of tabletop games, including dice games, board games, role-playing games, and games of chance.
Die
Be very eager for something
They must be dying for a drink
He's dying to meet you
Dice
Plural of die2.
Die
Have an orgasm.
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Dice
Pl. dice also dices (used with a pl. verb) Small cubes of food.
Die
Singular form of dice
Dice
To play or gamble with dice.
Die
A device for cutting or moulding metal into a particular shape.
Dice
To win or lose (money) by gambling with dice.
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Die
The cubical part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice; a dado or plinth.
Dice
To cut (food) into small cubes.
Die
To stop living; become dead; expire
Plants that died in the first frost of the season.
Dice
To decorate with dicelike figures.
Die
To cease existing, often gradually; fade
The sunlight died in the west.
Dice
(uncountable) Gaming with one or more dice.
Die
To experience an intense, seemingly unbearable reaction to something
Nearly died of embarrassment.
Dice
A die.
Die
(Informal) To want something very much. Usually used in the progressive aspect
I am dying for a box of chocolates. She was dying to see the exhibit.
Dice
That which has been diced.
Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice.
Die
To stop working or operating
The motor died when we ran out of gas.
Dice
(intransitive) To play dice.
Die
To become indifferent
Had died to all worldly concerns.
Dice
(transitive) To cut into small cubes.
Die
To cut, form, or stamp with or as if with a die.
Dice
(transitive) To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
Die
A small cube marked on each side with from one to six dots, usually used in pairs in gambling and in various other games.
Dice
To play games with dice.
I . . . diced not above seven times a week.
Die
Dice (used with a sing. verb) A game of chance using dice.
Dice
To cut into small cubes; as, to slice and dice carrots.
Die
An engraved metal piece used for impressing a design onto a softer metal, as in coining money.
Dice
To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
Die
One of several component pieces that are fitted into a diestock to cut threads on screws or bolts.
Dice
Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers
Die
A part on a machine that punches shaped holes in, cuts, or forms sheet metal, cardboard, or other stock.
Dice
Cut into cubes;
Cube the cheese
Die
A metal block containing small conical holes through which plastic, metal, or other ductile material is extruded or drawn.
Dice
Play dice
Die
Pl. dies(Architecture)The dado of a pedestal, especially when cube-shaped.
Die
(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
Die
Followed by of; general use:
He died of malaria.
Die
Followed by from; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicineSciences:}}
He died from heart failure.
Die
Followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes:
He died for the one he loved.
Die
Followed by with as an indication of direct cause:
Die
Followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from):
I can't believe I just died to a turret!
Die
(still current) followed by with as an indication of manner:
She died with dignity.
Die
(transitive) To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
He died a hero's death.
They died a thousand deaths.
Die
To yearn intensely.
I'm dying for a packet of crisps.
I'm dying for a piss.
Die
To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother.
Die
To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him.
Die
To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
If anyone sees me wearing this ridiculous outfit, I'll die.
Die
To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements and died.
Die
To stop working; to break down or otherwise lose "vitality".
My car died in the middle of the freeway this morning.
Sorry I couldn't call you. My phone died.
My battery died and my charger was at home.
Die
To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
Die
To expire at the end of the session of a legislature without having been brought to a vote.
The proposed gas tax died after the powerful rural senator refused to let it out of committee.
Die
To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
Die
To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
Die
(often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
To die to pleasure or to sin
Die
(architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
Die
To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
Die
(of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
Then there was that time I died onstage in Montreal...
Die
Obsolete spelling of dye
Die
The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
Die
A device for cutting into a specified shape.
Die
A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
Die
A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
Die
An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
Die
An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
Die
Any small cubical or square body.
Die
An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
Most dice are six-sided.
I rolled the die and moved 2 spaces on the board.
Die
(obsolete) That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
Die
Obsolete spelling of dye
Die
To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; - said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought.
To die by the roadside of grief and hunger.
She will die from want of care.
Die
To suffer death; to lose life.
In due time Christ died for the ungodly.
Die
To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished.
Letting the secret die within his own breast.
Great deeds can not die.
Die
To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
His heart died within, and he became as a stone.
The young men acknowledged, in love letters, that they died for Rebecca.
Die
To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin.
Die
To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; - often with out or away.
Blemishes may die away and disappear amidst the brightness.
Die
To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
Die
To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
"There is one certain way," replied the Prince [William of Orange] " by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin, - I will die in the last ditch."
Die
A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box and thrown from it. See Dice.
Die
Any small cubical or square body.
Words . . . pasted upon little flat tablets or dies.
Die
That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
Such is the die of war.
Die
That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.
Die
A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or impress any desired device on, an object or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, etc.
Die
Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers
Die
A device used for shaping metal
Die
A cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods
Die
Pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;
She died from cancer
They children perished in the fire
The patient went peacefully
Die
Suffer or face the pain of death;
Martyrs may die every day for their faith
Die
Be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame;
I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered
We almost died laughing during the show
Die
Stop operating or functioning;
The engine finally went
The car died on the road
The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town
The coffee maker broke
The engine failed on the way to town
Her eyesight went after the accident
Die
Feel indifferent towards;
She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery
Die
Languish as with love or desire;
She dying for a cigarette
I was dying to leave
Die
Cut or shape with a die;
Die out leather for belts
Die
To be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
Die
Lose sparkle or bouquet;
Wine and beer can pall
Die
Disappear or come to an end;
Their anger died
My secret will die with me!
Die
Suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense);
Whosoever..believes in me shall never die
