Pass vs Serve - What's the difference?
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An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
* (rfdate) (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow):
A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over or along anything.
* 1921', John Griffin, "Trailing the Grizzly in Oregon", in ''Forest and Stream'', pages 389-391 and 421-424, republished by Jeanette Prodgers in '''1997 in ''The Only Good Bear is a Dead Bear , page 35:
A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
An attempt.
(fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
(figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
A sexual advance.
(sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
(rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
* (rfdate) (James Kent):
A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission; as, a railroad or theater pass; a military pass.
(baseball) An intentional walk.
The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
* 1606 Shakespeare:
* (rfdate) (Robert South):
(obsolete) Estimation; character.
* (rfdate) Shakespeare:
(obsolete, Chaucer, compare 'passus') A part, a division.
The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
(lb) Physical movement.
#(lb) To move or be moved from one place to another.
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#(lb) To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.}}
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, title= #(lb) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over.
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#*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
#*:I had only time to pass my eye over the medals.
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#*:Waller passed over five thousand horse and foot by Newbridge.
# To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
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# To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
#(lb) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
## To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
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##*:Iaquinta passes it coolly into the right-hand corner as Paston dives the other way.
##(lb) To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
## To make a lunge or swipe.
#(lb) To go from one person to another.
#(lb) To put in circulation; to give currency to.
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#(lbl) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
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(lb) To change in state or status, to advance.
#(lb) To change from one state to another.
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#(lb) To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
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#*(rfdate) (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
#*:Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass .
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#*:The crisis passed as she'd prayed it would, but it remained to be seen just how much damage had been done.
# To die.
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# To go successfully through (an examination, trail, test, etc.).
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# To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).
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#(lb) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
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#*:Pass the happy news.
# To make a judgment on'' or ''upon a person or case.
#*1485 , Sir (Thomas Malory), (w, Le Morte d'Arthur) , Book X:
#*:And within three dayes twelve knyghtes passed uppon hem; and they founde Sir Palomydes gylty, and Sir Saphir nat gylty, of the lordis deth.
#(lb) To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:to pass sentence
#*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
#*:Father, thy word is passed .
(lb) To move through time.
# To elapse, to be spent.
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#*(rfdate) (John Milton) (1608-1674)
#*:To pass commodiously this life.
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#*:Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.
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, title= #(lb) To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
#*(rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:Please you that I may pass / This doing.
#*(rfdate) (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
#*:I pass their warlike pomp, their proud array.
#(lb) To continue.
#(lb) To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
#(lb) To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
#*(rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#:She loved me for the dangers I had passed .
#To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition.
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(lb) To happen.
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*1876 , The Dilemma'', Chapter LIII, republished in Littell's ''Living Age , series 5, volume 14, page 274:
*:for the memory of what passed while at that place is almost blank.
(lb) To be accepted.
#(lb) To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
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#(lb) To present oneself as, and therefore be accepted by society as, a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard one as belonging; especially to live and be known as white although one has black ancestry, or to live and be known as female although one was born male (or vice versa).
In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
#(lb) In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
(lb) To do or be better.
# To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess.
#*(rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:This passes , Master Ford.
#(lb) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
#*(rfdate) (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
#*:And strive to pass Their native music by her skillful art.
#*(rfdate) (w) (1788-1824)
#*:Whose tender power Passes the strength of storms in their most desolate hour.
To take heed.
*(rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not.
(lb) To come and go in consciousness.
(computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
(sports) An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
* 1961 January 13, Marshall Smith, From Waif to a Winner, the Clown of the Courts'', '' ,
* 1996 , Steve Boga, Badminton ,
* 2009 , Mihnea Moldoveanu, Roger L. Martin, Diaminds: Decoding the Mental Habits of Successful Thinkers ,
(chiefly, Australia) A portion of food or drink, a serving.
* 2004 , Susanna Holt, Fitness Food: The Essential Guide to Eating Well and Performing Better , Murdoch Books Australia,
* 2007 , Verity Campbell, Turkey , Lonely Planet,
* 2008 , Michael E. Cichorski, Maximum Asthma Control: The Revolutionary 3-Step Anti Asthma Program ,
* 2011 , Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Health Committee, Alcohol: First Report of Session 2009-10 , Volume 2,
* 2012 , Lesley Campbell, Alan L. Rubin, Type 2 Diabetes For Dummies , Australian Edition,
To provide a service.
#(lb) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
#*1889 , (Philip Schaff), translating , XIV:
#*:And yet this is not the office of a Priest, but of Him whom the Priest should serve .
#(lb) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
#*1716 , (Joseph Addison),
#*:And, truly, Mrs Abigail, I must needs say, I served' my master contentedly while he was living, but I will ' serve no man living (that is, no man that is not living) without double wages.
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#*1979 , (Bob Dylan), (Gotta Serve Somebody) :
#*:You may be a businessman or some high-degree thief, / They may call you Doctor or they may call you Chief / But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
#(lb) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
#*2007 , Larry McMurty, When the Light Goes
#*:That night Annie served him grilled halibut and English peas, plus tomatoes, of course, and a salad.
#(lb) To be a servant or worker; to perform the duties of a servant or employee; to render service.
#*1673 , (John Milton), (On His Blindness) :
#*:They also serve who only stand and wait.
#(lb) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
#*2009 , Dominic A Pacyga, Chicago: A Biography , p.195:
#*:About twenty minutes after waiters served the soup, a guest got up and left.
*1924 ,
*:I mock them all who have served me ill of late and chiefly this cheat of Judah, whose temple we have plundered and whose golden vessels are my wash-pots.
*, III.7:
*:That gentle Lady, whom I loue and serue .
(lb) To be effective.
#(lb) To be useful to; to meet the needs of.
#*2010 October 12, Lloyd Marcus, (The Guardian)
#*:So, while the sycophantic liberal media calls any and all opposition to Obama racist, they give Obama carte blanche to exploit his race whenever it serves his purpose.
#(lb) To have a given use or purpose; to function (for) something or to do something.
#*2011 January 27, "Borgata bust", (The Economist)
#*:The bust also served to remind the public that the Mafia is not harmless.
#*{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
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, title= #(lb) To usefully take the place (as), (instead) of something else.
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#*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
#*2010 April 20, "Not up in the air", (The Economist)
#*:Maybe the volcanic eruption will serve as a wake-up call to such companies that they need to modernise their risk management.
To deliver a document.
#To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
#*2008 April, Pamela Colloff, The Fire That Time , Texas Monthly; Austin: Emmis Publishing, p.158:
#*:On the morning of February 28, 1993, ATF agents gathered at a staging area near Waco and prepared to serve a search warrant on the Branch Davidians' residence.
#To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
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*2007 , Rob Antoun, Women's Tennis Tactics , p.2:
*:In women's tennis the need to serve more effectively has become greater in recent years because the game is being played more aggressively, and rallies are becoming shorter as a result.
(lb) To copulate with (of male animals); to .
*1996 , Puck Bonnier et al., Dairy Cattle Husbandry , Agromisa Foundation 2004
*:Conception means that a cow is served by a bull and that she becomes pregnant.
(lb) To be in military service.
*2007 May 16, Peter Walker, (The Guardian)
*:Some reports suggested he would quit the army if he was not allowed to serve abroad in a war zone.
*1864 , (Horace Greeley),
*:John T. Greble, of the 2d regular artillery, was likewise killed instantly by a ball through the head, while serving his gun in the face of the foe.
(lb) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
*2010 December 1, Tania Branigan, (The Guardian)
*:The Guangzhou Daily reported that Shi Chunlong, 20, who organised the incident, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Hou Bin, who pulled out of the attack after helping to plan it, will serve 12 years.
(lb) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
In sports terms the difference between pass and serve
is that pass is the act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another while serve is an act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.In heading terms the difference between pass and serve
is that pass is To do or be better.serve is To be effective.In intransitive terms the difference between pass and serve
is that pass is to come and go in consciousness while serve is to be in military service.In transitive terms the difference between pass and serve
is that pass is to transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed while serve is to work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).pass
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) pas, pase, pace, from . See the verb section, below.Noun
(es)- a mountain pass
- "Try not the pass !" the old man said.
- [The bear] made a pass at the dog, but he swung out and above him [...]
- My pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful.
- The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife.
- A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy.
- Smith was given a pass after Jones' double.
- What, have his daughters brought him to this pass ?
- Matters have been brought to this pass , that, if one among a man's sons had any blemish, he laid him aside for the ministry...
- Common speech gives him a worthy pass .
Synonyms
* gap * thrust * * (movement over or along anything) * transit * (the state of things) condition, predicament, state * (sense) access, admission, entry * (document granting permission to pass or to go and come) * *Antonyms
* (rail transport) meetDerived terms
* back pass/back-pass/backpass * backstage pass * backward pass * bandpass * boarding pass * bring to pass * bypass * chest pass * come to pass * coupon pass * don't pass go * drop pass * dry pass * fish pass * flare pass * flat pass * forward pass * free pass * Hail Mary pass * half-pass * hall pass * hand pass * highpass * hospital pass * inbounds pass * incomplete pass * intentional pass * lateral pass * lead pass * lowpass * mountain pass * outlet pass * passband * pass boat * pass book * pass box * pass check * pass-fail * passkey * pass law * pass-remarkable * pass rush * penalty pass * pretty pass * saucer pass * screen pass * short pass * side pass * snap pass * spiral pass * spot pass * two-line pass * userpass * wet passEtymology 2
From (etyl) passen, from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(es)The Three Corpse Trick, chapter=5 , passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed . He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}
The Guardian, Rob Smyth, 20 June 2010
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}
The British Longitude Act Reconsidered, passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=For, although Allan had passed his fiftieth year,
Synonyms
* pass by, pass over, etc. * (go from one limit to the other of) spend * (live through) bear, endure, suffer, tolerate, undergo * (go by without noticing) disregard, ignore, take no notice of * (transcend) better, exceed, excel, outdo, surpass, transcend * (go successfully through) * (obtain the formal sanction of) be accepted by, be passed by * (cause to move or go) deliver, give, hand, make over, send, transfer, transmit * (utter) pronounce, say, speak, utter * (promise) pledge, promise, vow * (cause to advance by stages of process) approve, enact, ratify * (put into circulation) circulate, pass around * (cause to obtain entrance) admit, let in, let past * evacuate, void * (nautical: take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure ) * make * (move or be moved from one place to another) go, move * (change from one state to another) * (move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge) * (die) pass away, pass over * (come and go in consciousness) * (happen) happen, occur * (elapse) elapse, go by * (go from one person to another) * (advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness) * (go through any inspection or test successfully) * (to be tolerated) * (to continue) continue, go on * (proceed without hindrance or opposition) * exceed, surpass * take heed, take notice * (go through the intestines) * * thrust * (decline to play in one's turn ): * (sense) * overtakeDerived terms
* bypass * don't pass go * let pass * pass across * pass along * pass around * pass away * pass back * pass by * pass down * passer * pass for * pass gas * pass into * pass muster * pass off * pass on * pass out * pass over * Passover * pass-parole * pass the baton * pass the buck * pass the hat * pass the parcler * pass the time/pass time * pass through * pass up * pass upon * pass under the yoke * pass water * pass wind * pass with flying colors * password * ships that pass in the nightEtymology 3
Short for password .Noun
(es)- Anyone want to trade passes ?
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(wikipedia serve)Noun
(en noun)- Whose serve is it?
page 99,
- He had no power serve of his own, no backhand, no volley, no lob, no idea of pace or tactics.
page viii,
- The first serve of the game is from the right half court to the half diagonally opposite.
page 31,
- Against a serve of the calibre of McEnroe?s, an opponent will try to anticipate the ball?s direction and lean either to the left or to the right, depending on where he feels the server will go.
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- The night before your event, base your evening meal on high-carbohydrate foods with a small serve of lean protein.
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- Come here for a cappuccino that could hold its own on Via Veneto in Rome (€2) and a serve of their crunchy fresh cheese börek .
page 100,
- Reintroduce protein; add a small serve of salmon, tuna or sardines every second day (tinned variety or fresh).
page 189,
- Smirnoff Appleback was a finished drink, comprising a 50ml serve of Smirnoff, with ice and lemonade or ginger ale and equating to 1.9 units.
page 117,
- One serve of carbohydrates is approximately equal to a slice of bread, a piece of fruit, third of a cup of cooked rice, half a cup of grains, cereals, starchy vegetables or cooked pasta, 200 grams of plain yoghurt, or 300 millilitres of milk.
Synonyms
* (act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play) service * (portion of food) See servingAntonyms
* receiveVerb
(serv)Well-connected Brains, passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered,
The American Conflict