Bond vs. Bound — What's the Difference?

A connection that ties individuals such as a friendship or partnership.

Past participle of bind, having tied or secured.

A financial instrument representing a loan made by an investor to a borrower.

Restricted or confined to a certain area.

A promise or secured guarantee, often in legal contexts.

Constrained or compelled to act in a certain way.

The force or adhesive holding materials together.

Destined or making progress towards a specific state.

An emotional tie that forms through shared experiences.

Covered or enclosed in a binding, as in books.

Something, such as a fetter, cord, or band, that binds, ties, or fastens things together.

Walk or run with leaping strides

Often bonds Confinement in prison; captivity.

Form the boundary of; enclose

A uniting force or relationship; a link

Past and past participle of bind

A binding agreement; a covenant.

A leaping movement towards or over something

A duty, promise, or other obligation by which one is bound.

A territorial limit; a boundary

A substance or agent that causes two or more objects or parts to cohere.

Certain to be or to do or have something

The union or cohesion brought about by such a substance or agent.

Restricted or confined to a specified place

A chemical bond.

(of a book) having a specified binding

A systematically overlapping or alternating arrangement of bricks or stones in a wall, designed to increase strength and stability.

(of a grammatical element) occurring only in combination with another form.

A written obligation requiring the payment of a sum at a certain time.

Going or ready to go towards a specified place

A debt security obligating a government or corporation to pay a specified amount on a future date, especially a marketable security that makes semiannual interest payments.

To leap forward or upward; jump; spring

A guarantee issued by a surety agency on behalf of a client, requiring the surety to pay a sum of money to a third party in the event the client fails to fulfill certain obligations; a surety bond.

To move forward by leaps or springs

A sum pledged as a guarantee.

To spring back from a surface; rebound

A sum paid as a guarantee of a person's appearance at court for trial; bail

To set a limit to; confine

The condition of being held under the guarantee of a customs bond

To constitute the boundary or limit of

An insurance contract that indemnifies an employer for loss resulting from a fraudulent or dishonest act by an employee; a fidelity bond.

To identify the boundaries of; demarcate.

Bond paper.

To border on another place, state, or country.

To join securely, as with glue or cement.

Past tense and past participle of bind.

To join (two or more individuals) in a relationship, as by shared belief or experience

A leap; a jump

To finance by issuing bonds

A springing back from a surface after hitting it; a bounce

To raise by issuing bonds

Often bounds A boundary; a limit

To gain the release of (someone who has been arrested) by providing a bail bond

Bounds The territory on, within, or near limiting lines

To issue a surety bond or a fidelity bond for.

Confined by bonds; tied

To lay (bricks or stones) in an overlapping or alternating pattern.

Being under legal or moral obligation

To cohere with a bond.

Equipped with a cover or binding

To form a close personal relationship.

Predetermined; certain

To secure release from prison by providing a bail bond

Determined; resolved

(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.

(Linguistics) Being a form, especially a morpheme, that cannot stand as an independent word, such as a prefix or suffix.

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

Constipated.

A partial payment made to show a provider that the customer is sincere about buying a product or a service. If the product or service is not purchased the customer then forfeits the bond.

Headed or intending to head in a specified direction

A physical connection which binds, a band.

Simple past tense and past participle of bind

An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.

To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.

Moral or political duty or obligation.

To be the bound of.

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

(intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.

A binding agreement, a covenant.

(transitive) To cause to leap.

A bail bond.

To rebound; to bounce.

Any constraining or cementing force or material.

To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.

(construction) In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying, based on overlapping rows or layers to give strength.

(with infinitive) Obliged (to).

(Scotland) A mortgage.

That cannot stand alone as a free word.

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

Constrained by a quantifier.

A peasant; churl.

(dated) Constipated; costive.

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

Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.

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

Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.

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

(obsolete) Ready, prepared.

To form a chemical compound with.

Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).

(transitive) To guarantee or secure a financial risk.

(with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to

To form a friendship or emotional connection.

A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.

(transitive) To put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid.

(mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.

To lay bricks in a specific pattern.

A sizeable jump, great leap.

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

A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.

To bail out by means of a bail bond.

(dated) A bounce; a rebound.

Subject to the tenure called bondage.

The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary.

In a state of servitude or slavedom; not free.

A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.

Servile; slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave.

Rebound; as, the bound of a ball.

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.

Spring from one foot to the other.

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

To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; - said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine.

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

To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.

Moral or political duty or obligation.

To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded across the plain.

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.

To rebound, as an elastic ball.

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.

To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse.

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

To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor.

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.

Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.

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.

Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.

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

Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.

League; association; confederacy.

Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; - followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.

A vassal or serf; a slave.

Resolved; as, I am bound to do it.

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.

Constipated; costive.

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

Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; - with to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz.

In a state of servitude or slavery; captive.

A line determining the limits of an area

An electrical force linking atoms

The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

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 light springing movement upwards or forwards

A connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest;

Move forward by leaps and bounds;

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

Form the boundary of; be contiguous to

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

Place limits on (extent or access);

A connection that fastens things together

Spring back; spring away from an impact;

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

Held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union

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)

Confined by bonds;

British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming

Secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form;

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

(usually followed by `to') governed by fate;

Stick to firmly;

Covered or wrapped with a bandage;

Create social or emotional ties;

Headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students';

Issue bonds on

Bound by an oath;

Held in slavery;

Bound by contract

Confined in the bowels;

In relationships, bond denotes an emotional or psychological connection that unites people, often reflecting trust and mutual understanding.

In finance, bonds include government, corporate, and municipal bonds, which are debt securities issued to raise capital.

As a verb, bound is the past tense of bind, indicating the action of tying or securing. As an adjective, it describes a state of being compelled or destined towards something.

Being legally bound means having a legal obligation to perform or refrain from specific actions based on contractual or statutory requirements.

A bail bond is a financial arrangement that a bail bonding agency will make on behalf of the accused, securing their release from jail pending trial.

In chemistry, a bond refers to the force or attachment between atoms or molecules that holds them together in a compound.

Homeward bound means heading towards home, often used to describe the return journey.

Being bound is not always negative; it can reflect necessary or morally upstanding commitments, although it often implies restrictions.

Out of bounds refers to an area that is off-limits or beyond permitted boundaries, commonly used in sports and other regulated activities.

A strong bond can lead to significant emotional support, trust, and mutual respect, impacting individuals' mental and emotional health positively.

Yes, someone can be bound to secrecy through legal agreements like nondisclosure agreements or ethical obligations.

Yes, a person can be bound by moral obligations, which are duties derived from ethical principles rather than legal requirements.

Atoms in a molecule are bound together by chemical bonds, which may be ionic, covalent, or metallic, depending on the nature of the atoms and their interactions.

Examples include concrete (cement and aggregates bonded), alloys (metallic bonds between different metals), and adhesives (bonding various surfaces).

When a bond matures, the issuer repays the principal amount to the bondholder, typically along with the final interest payment.