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Panel vs Soapbox - What's the difference?

panel | soapbox |

As nouns the difference between panel and soapbox

is that panel is panel while soapbox is (literally) a crate for packing soap.

As a verb soapbox is

to give a speech from (or as if from) a soapbox.

panel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.; (architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
    • Behind the picture was a panel on the wall.
  • A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.
    • Today's panel includes John Smith.
  • An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
    • The last panel of a comic strip usually contains a punchline.
  • (legal) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury.
    • (Blackstone)
  • (legal, Scotland) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
    • (Burrill)
  • (obsolete) A piece of cloth serving as a saddle.
  • A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
  • (joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
    • the panel of a door
  • (masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
    • (Gwilt)
  • (masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
  • (mining) A heap of dressed ore.
  • (mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
  • (dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
  • A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.

    • Derived terms

    * panellist (UK), panelist (US) * panelled (UK), paneled (US) * panelling (UK), paneling (US)

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    Verb

  • to fit with panels

    • See also

    * instrument panel, control panel * panel beater * panel game * panel van

    Anagrams

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    soapbox

    English

    Alternative forms

    * soap box

    Noun

    (es)
  • (literally) A crate for packing soap.
  • (figuratively) Any physical or media platform which gives prominence to the person on it and the views they espouse.
    • The madman obtained a soapbox which he stood on at the corner of Broadway and Wall street, to shout out his prophesy of the end of the world.
  • * 2013 , Robert F. Ely, Candidate for President (ISBN 148175582X), page 25
    • Bernhard's last appearance on a late-night talk show was a handy soapbox to expound on his political message of patriotism, nationalism, and populism.
  • (figuratively, idiomatic) A talk about one's pet topic (or the topic itself), especially when only tangentially relevant to an ongoing discussion.
    • He's been on his soapbox all day about the new football coach.
  • A soapbox car.

    • Verb

  • To give a speech from (or as if from) a soapbox.

    • References

    * Wordnet