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Pane vs Tile - What's the difference?

pane | tile |

As nouns the difference between pane and tile

is that pane is bread while tile is a regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc.

As a verb tile is

to cover with tiles or tile can be to protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.

pane

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An individual sheet of glass in a window.
  • (computing, graphical user interface) A layer in the build-up of a GUI.
  • A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface.
  • A square of a checkered or plaid pattern.
  • One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.
  • (architecture) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building.
    • An octagonal tower is said to have eight panes .
  • A subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.
  • One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides.
  • One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant-cut diamond.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * window pane

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    tile

    English

    (wikipedia tile)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=3 citation , passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}
  • (computing)  A rectangular graphic.
  • Any of various types of cuboid playing piece used in certain games, such as in dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
  • (dated)  A stiff hat.
    • (Dickens)
    Derived terms
    * glazed tile * out on the tiles * tilework
    Related terms
    * tiler

    Verb

  • To cover with tiles.
  • (computing) To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
    • Related terms
    * tiler

    Etymology 2

    See .

    Alternative forms

    * tyle

    Verb

    (til)
  • To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.
    • to tile a Masonic lodge
    tile the door

    Anagrams

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