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Net vs Basket - What's the difference?

net | basket |

In obsolete terms the difference between net and basket

is that net is good, desirable; clean, decent, clear while basket is in a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other.

As an adjective net

is good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.

As an adverb net

is after expenses or deductions.

As a proper noun Net

is the Internet.

net

English

(NET)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mesh of string, cord or rope.
  • A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
  • *
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=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. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.}}
  • A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
  • Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
  • (by extension) A trap.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xxix. 5
  • A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
  • (geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron.
  • A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them, e.g. computer ~, road ~, electricity distribution ~.
  • (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Mark Vesty, work=BBC
  • , title= Wigan 2-2 Arsenal , passage=Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point.}}
  • (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
  • Synonyms
    * (mesh) mesh, network * (used for catching or trapping) * snare, trap * (anything that has the appearance of a net) reticulation * (in geometry) development * (in computing) network
    Derived terms
    * fishnet * hairnet * hit the net * internet * netting * network * neural net * Petri net * safety net

    Verb

    (nett)
  • To catch by means of a net.
  • (figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • And now I am here, netted and in the toils.
  • To enclose or cover with a net.
  • to net a tree
  • (football) To score (a goal).
  • Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
  • * 2012 , Chelsea 6-0 Wolves [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19632463]
  • Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.
  • (tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=June 28 , author=David Ornstein , title=Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand.}}
  • To form network or netting; to knit.
  • Synonyms
    * (catch by means of a net) catch * (to trap) catch, ensnare, entrap, snare, trap

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m). Compare (m), (m).

    Alternative forms

    * nett

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.xii:
  • Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright
  • Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
  • net wine
  • Remaining after expenses or deductions.
  • net''' profit''; '''''net weight
  • Final; end.
  • net''' result''; '''''net conclusion
    Derived terms
    * net income * net loss * net weight

    Adverb

    (-)
  • after expenses or deductions
  • You'll have $5000 net .
    (after expenses or deductions) * German: (t) (trans-mid) (trans-bottom)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.
  • Verb

    (nett)
  • To receive as profit.
  • The company nets $30 on every sale.
  • To yield as profit for.
  • The scam netted the criminals $30,000.
  • To fully hedge a position.
  • Every party is netting their position with a counter-party

    basket

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
  • A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
  • In an online shop, a notional place to store items before ordering them.
  • (basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.
  • (basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
  • The game of basketball.
  • A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the mens' shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.
  • (UK, slang) Genitals.
  • (obsolete) In a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other.
  • * 1773 ,
  • In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stage-coach. Its fopperies come down not only as inside passengers, but in the very basket .
  • (archaic) A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon.
  • # A singlestick with a basket hilt.
  • #* 1773 ,
  • Baw! damme, but I'll fight you both, one after the other——with baskets .
  • (ballooning) Where the pilot and passengers are.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
  • (architecture) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
  • (Gwilt)

    Synonyms

    * (container used in a shop) cart, shopping basket, shopping cart * (storage place for online items) cart, shopping basket, shopping cart * (basketball) basketball, hoops

    Derived terms

    * basketball * basket case * basket chair * basket forceps * basketful * basketgrass * basket hilt * basket house * Basket Maker * basket of currencies * basket-of-gold * basketry * basket star * basket trade * basket weave * breadbasket * basketeer * chip basket * handbasket * market basket * Moses basket * pollen basket * wastepaper basket * wastebasket

    See also

    * trug

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To place in a or in baskets.
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