Pit vs Port - What's the difference?
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A hole in the ground.
(motor racing) An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
(music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.
A mine.
(archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.
(trading) A trading pit.
Something particularly unpleasant.
The bottom part of.
(colloquial) Armpit, oxter.
(aviation) A luggage hold.
(countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
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The grave, or underworld.
* Milton
* Bible, Job xxxiii. 18
An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
* John Locke
Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.
Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
To make pits in.
To put (a dog) into a pit for fighting.
To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
(motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
A shell in a drupe containing a seed.
To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
* Shakespeare
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, title= A town or city containing such a place.
(nautical, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Port does not change based on the orientation of the person aboard the craft.
(nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel.
(nautical, transitive, chiefly, imperative) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
An entryway or gate.
* 1485 , (Thomas Malory), Le Morte Darthur , Book X:
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.1:
An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
(curling, bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
(computing) A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred.
(computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
(obsolete) To carry, bear, or transport. See porter.
(military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.
(computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform.
(telephony) To carry or transfer an existing telephone number from one telephone service provider to another.
Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
(archaic) The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.
* late 14th c. , :
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iii:
* South
(military) The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
(computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting.
(computing, BSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
(Australia, Queensland, northern New South Wales, colloquial) A schoolbag or suitcase.
* 2001 , Sally de Dear, The House on Pig Island ,
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English
(wikipedia pit)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Welcome to the plastisphere, passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits' around two microns across. Such '''pits''' are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these ' pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].}}
- Back to the infernal pit I drag thee chained.
- He keepeth back his soul from the pit .
- as fiercely as two gamecocks in the pit
Derived terms
* armpit * money pit * pit-eye * pit stopVerb
(pitt)- Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.
- Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles?
- For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) . Compare (l).Noun
(en noun)Verb
(pitt)- One must pit a peach to make it ready for a pie.
Anagrams
* * ----port
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) port, from (etyl) (and thus distantly cognate with ford).Noun
(en noun)- peering in maps for ports and piers and roads
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port' does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the ' port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
Synonyms
* (place where ships dock) harbour, haven * (town or city containing such a place) harbour city, harbour town, port city * (left-hand side of a vessel) larboard, leftAntonyms
* (right-hand side of a vessel) starboardDerived terms
* airport, seaport, spaceport * port authority, port of call, first port of call * Newport * outportAdjective
(-)- on the port side
Synonyms
* larboard, leftAntonyms
* starboardVerb
(en verb)- Port your helm!
Etymology 2
From (etyl) , reinforced in (etyl), from (etyl) porte.Noun
(en noun)- And whan he cam to the porte of the pavelon, Sir Palomydes seyde an hyghe, ‘Where art thou, Sir Trystram de Lyones?’
- Long were it to describe the goodly frame, / And stately port of Castle Joyeous [...].
- Him I accuse/The city ports by this hath enter'd'' —
- And from their ivory port the Cherubim,/Forth issuing at the accustomed hour,'' —
- ...her ports being within sixteen inches of the water... —
Derived terms
* porthole * chase port * sally port * (computing) port forwarding, accelerated graphics port, serial port, USB portEtymology 3
From (etyl) porter, from (etyl) . Akin to transport, portable.Verb
(en verb)- They are easily ported by boat into other shires.'' — , ''The History of the Worthies of England
- Port arms!
- ...the angelic squadron...began to hem him round with ported spears.'' —
Derived terms
* porter * portage * port-o-john, port-o-potty * portlyNoun
(en noun)- And of his port as meeke as is a mayde.
- Those same with stately grace, and princely port / She taught to tread, when she her selfe would grace
- the necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable port in the world
- Gamers can't wait until a port of the title is released on the new system.
- The latest port of the database software is the worst since we made the changeover.
Derived terms
* (military) at the high portEtymology 4
Named from (etyl) Oporto, a city in Portugal from whence the wines were originally shipped.Noun
(en noun) (Port wine)Synonyms
* (fortified wine) porto, port wineEtymology 5
Noun
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- As they left the classroom, Jennifer pointed at the shelves lining the veranda. “Put your port in there.”
- “What?” asked Penny.
- “Your port - your school bag, silly. It goes in there.”