American vs Pole - What's the difference?
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An indigenous inhabitant of the Americas; an American Indian. (Now chiefly with qualifying word.)
* 2007 , James Twitchell, Shopping for God, p 47
* 1711 , (Joseph Addison), The Spectator , 56.1:
* 2012 , (Jonathan Keates), ‘Mon Père, ce héros’, Literary Review , 402:
An inhabitant of the Americas. More often this is specified as either North American'', ''Central American'' or ''South American.
Originally, a native or inhabitant of the British North American colonies of European descent; now, a person born in, or a citizen or inhabitant of, the United States of America.
* 2008 , Chris Moss, The Guardian , 9 Aug 2008:
The English language as spoken in the USA; American English.
* 1942', We sat down in the central square and drank coffee and a man came up and spoke to us in '''American . — Rebecca West, ''Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 756)
Of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified as either "North American" or "South American."
Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, .
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Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
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, title= (angling) A type of basic fishing rod.
A long fiberglass sports implement used for pole-vaulting.
(slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
(historical) A unit of length, equal to a perch (¼ chain or 5½ yards).
(auto racing) Pole position.
(analysis) a singularity that behaves like at
To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
To furnish with poles for support.
To convey on poles.
To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
(geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
(electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
(complex analysis) For a meromorphic function : a point for which as .
(obsolete) The firmament; the sky.
* Milton
To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.
As nouns the difference between american and pole
is that american is an american man while pole is pole.As an adjective american
is american.american
English
Noun
(en noun)- And in the efforts of American Muslims to achieve a more market-savvy Islam. Just look at Wicca
- The Americans believe that all creatures have souls.
- Within a few months the ‘slave Alexandre’ had been successfully transformed into what, across the Channel, was called a ‘blackamoor dandy’. Parisians preferred the more politely euphemistic term ‘American ’.
- Every American' s origin is, historically speaking, by immigration, if scientific speculation that points to a human origin in Asia and a migration to the New World over frozen Bering Strait turns out to be correct.
- They say Americans don't walk. Well, they do in the Navajo Nation - because even if northern Arizona has gigabytes of photogenic vistas, getting out of the car is the only way to get your boots covered in desert dust and soak up the silence.
Synonyms
*Western Hemispherian, New Worlder * AmericuntDerived terms
* Central American * North American * South American * AmericanoidProper noun
(en proper noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- Thanksgiving is an American tradition.
- He married an American''' woman in order to get an '''American passport.
- Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert, try this experiment, if your caravan happen to be supplied with a metaphysical professor.
Usage notes
Sometimes (usually outside of the USA) used pejoratively (see also anti-Americanism).Synonyms
* Western Hemispherian, New Worlder * (US American) United Statesian, USAian, Usanian, Usonian, US American, US-ian; (in Cockney rhyming slang: ) Septic, UsonanHypernyms
* (US American) North AtlanticistDerived terms
(terms derived from American) * Americanese * Americanism * Americanize * Americanization * American aloe * American ash * American Black English * American chameleon * American crocodile * American dream * American dun-bar * American eagle * American elm * American English * American Falls * American Fork * American foxhound * American fries * American goldfinch * American gothic * American Legion * American option * American pit bull terrier * American plan * American Revised Version * American Revolution * American saddle horse * American share * American shorthair * American Spanish * American Staffordshire terrier * American Standard Version * American style option * American Thanksgiving * American War of Independence * American water spaniel * Latin-American Spanish * US Americans (American)See also
* Yankee * YankReferences
* (North America) * (South America) * (United States of America)Anagrams
* * * English eponymspole
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) pole, pal, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.}}
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* (analysis) root, zeroDerived terms
(terms derived from pole) * flagpole * maypole * poleaxe * pole vaultVerb
(pol)- Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work.
- He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.
- to pole beans or hops
- to pole hay into a barn
Etymology 2
From (etyl) pole, .Noun
(en noun)- The function has a single pole at .
- shoots against the dusky pole