Pal vs Pawl - What's the difference?
pal | pawl |
(television, uncountable) or of (Phase Alternation Line). (TV standard)
(electronics, countable) .
A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
* 1994 , Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing :
* 1910 , Victor Appleton, Tom Swift and his Motorcycle
As nouns the difference between pal and pawl
is that pal is acronym of lang=en|Phase Alternating Line or of Phase Alternation Line. (TV standard while pawl is a pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.As verbs the difference between pal and pawl
is that pal is be friends with, hang around with while pawl is to stop with a pawl.As a proper noun PAL
is initialism of Police Athletic League|lang=en.pal
English
(wikipedia PAL)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* (television) PALplusSee also
* (television) NTSC , SECAM * (electronics) PIC , FPGAAnagrams
*pawl
English
Noun
(en noun)- The nails in the rim of the wheel went ratcheting over the leather pawl and the wheel slowed and came to a stop and the woman turned to the crowd and smiled.
- A pawl is a sort of catch that fits into a ratchet wheel and pushes it around, or it may be used as a catch to prevent the backward motion of a windlass or the wheel on a derrick.