What is the difference between fence and wall?
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A thin, human-constructed barrier which separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.
*1865 , (Horatio Alger), , Ch.XVII:
*:There was a weak place in the fence separating the two inclosures
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= A middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
#The place whence such a middleman operates.
Skill in oral debate.
The art or practice of fencing.
*1599 , (William Shakespeare), ,
*:I bruised my shin th' other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence
A guard or guide on machinery.
(lb) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
*1980 , (ABBA), (The Winner Takes It All)
A memory barrier.
(lb) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:O thou wall!dive in the earth, / And fence not Athens.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:a sheepcote fenced about with olive trees
*1856 , , ,
*:Here are twenty acres of land, and it is all you can properly farm, unless you have more help than yourself. Now fence and cultivate it, and you can make an abundant living.
(lb) To defend or guard.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:To fence my ear against thy sorceries.
(lb) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
To engage in (the sport) fencing.
*1921 , (Rafael Sabatini), ,
*:Challenges are flying right and left between these bully-swordsmen, these spadassinicides, and poor devils of the robe who have never learnt to fence with anything but a quill.
To jump over a fence.
A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
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*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
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, title= *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=14 A point of desperation.
A point of defeat or extinction.
An impediment to free movement.
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A type of butterfly (Lasiommata megera ).
A barrier.
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A barrier to vision.
Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall.
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A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
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*:The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis'', with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in ''Frullania spp.
(lb) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction. Also called a chandelier.
(lb) A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 23, author=Alistair Magowan, work=BBC
, title= (lb) A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.
To enclose with a wall
To enclose by surrounding with walls.
To separate with a wall
To seal with a wall
As nouns the difference between fence and wall
is that fence is a thin, human-constructed barrier which separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter while wall is a rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.As verbs the difference between fence and wall
is that fence is to enclose, contain or separate by building fence while wall is to enclose with a wall.As a proper noun Wall is
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English
(wikipedia fence)Noun
(en noun)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.}}
- I was in your arms / Thinking I belonged there
Synonyms
* (middleman) pawn * (place where a middleman operates) pawn shopDerived terms
* catch fence * electric fence * fencepost * fencing * good fences make good neighbors * picket fenceSee also
* wire netting * wire gauzeVerb
(fenc)Synonyms
* (to sell or buy stolen goods) pawnwall
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).Noun
(en noun)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.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=[…] St.?Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.}}
citation, passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall . Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.}}
Blackburn 2-0 West Brom, passage=Blackburn were the recipients of another dose of fortune when from another Thomas pass Odemwingie was brought down by Jones inside the penalty area, but referee Mark Clattenburg awarded a free-kick which Chris Brunt slammed into the wall .}}
Synonyms
* (fictional bidder at an auction) chandelierVerb
(en verb)- He walled the study with books.
- They had walled in the garden
- The previous owners had walled off two rooms, making an apartment.
- They walled up the basement space that had been used as a coal bin.