Point vs Roll - What's the difference?

In obsolete terms the difference between point and roll

is that point is to appoint while roll is part; office; duty; rôle.

In lang=en terms the difference between point and roll

is that point is to give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to point out while roll is to be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as {{term|ecstasy|lang=en}}).

In gaming terms the difference between point and roll

is that point is a unit of scoring in a game or competition while roll is to create a new character in a role-playing game.

In nautical terms the difference between point and roll

is that point is a short piece of cordage used in reefing sails while roll is the measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis.

In intransitive terms the difference between point and roll

is that point is to indicate a probability of something while roll is to spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.

In transitive terms the difference between point and roll

is that point is to mark with diacritics while roll is to beat up.

point

English

(wikipedia point)

Noun

(en noun)

A discrete division of something.

# An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.

The Congress debated the finer points of the bill.

# A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.

There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up.

At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.

# (archaic) Condition, state.

She was not feeling in good point .

# A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition, a focus of conversation or consideration.

I made the point that we all had an interest to protect.

# (obsolete) The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit.

#* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.ii:

full large of limbe and euery ioint / He was, and cared not for God or man a point .

# (obsolete) A tiny amount of time; a moment.

#* Sir J. Davies

When time's first point begun / Made he all souls.

# A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.

We should meet at a pre-arranged point .

# (mathematics, science) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.

# A purpose or objective.

Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion.

# A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.

#* Alexander Pope

Commas and points they set exactly right.

# (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.

# (by extension) A note; a tune.

#* Sir Walter Scott

Sound the trumpet — not a levant, or a flourish, but a point of war.

# A distinguishing quality or characteristic.

Logic isn't my strong point .

# Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.

The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.

# (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.

Possession is nine points of the law.

# Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.

# (gaming) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.

The one with the most points will win the game

# (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).

10.5 ("ten point five"; = ten and a half)

# (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.

# (typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).

# (UK) An electric power socket.

# (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.

Ship ahoy, three points off the starboard bow!

A sharp extremity.

# The sharp tip of an object.

Cut the skin with the point of the knife.

# Any projecting extremity of an object.

# An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.

His cowboy belt was studded with points .

# (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.

# A peninsula or promontory.

# The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.

#* 2005 , Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000 , Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-0-7432-3011-6, page 189:

Willie Jones decided to become Kimani Jones, Black Panther, on the day his best friend, Otis Nicholson, stepped on a mine while walking point during a sweep in the central highlands.

# Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.

# (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.

to fall off a point

# Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.

#* 1897 , (Henry James), (What Maisie Knew) :

There was moreover a hint of the duchess in the infinite point with which, as she felt, she exclaimed: "And this is what you call coming often ?"

#* , chapter=4

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}

# (railroads, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.

# (usually, in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.

The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable.

# (cricket) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.

# A tine or snag of an antler.

# (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.

tierce point

(heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.

(nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.

(historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.

(Sir Walter Scott)

Lace worked by the needle.

point''' de Venise; Brussels '''point

(US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.

The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.

The dog came to a point .

Synonyms

* (location or place) location, place, position, spot * (in geometry) ord * (particular moment in an event or occurrence) moment, ord, time * (sharp tip) end, ord, tip * (arithmetic symbol) decimal point * (opinion) opinion, point of view, view, viewpoint * (unit of measure of success or failure) mark (in a competition) * (color of extremities of an animal)

Derived terms

* accidental point * accumulation point * ballpoint * basepoint * basis point * beside the point * boiling point * boundary point * branch point * break point * Brownie point * bullet point * cardinal point * case in point * cashpoint * closest point of approach * cloud point * coincidence point * commit point * compass point * consolute point * critical point * data point * decimal point * deep point * demerit point * dew point * Didot point * double point * dropping point * dry point, drypoint * endpoint * entry point * entry point for the eye * eutectic point * experience point * fixed point * fixed-point * flash point * floating-point * focal point * freezing point * game point * get the point * get to the point * gunpoint * hit points * hollow point * inflection point * in point of fact * isoelectric point * isolated point * knifepoint * (l) * limit point * make a point * match point * melting point * midpoint * moot point * needlepoint * nip point * one-point perspective * on point * on the point of * ordinary point * outpoint * percentage point * Pica point * pointable * point bar * point blank * point break * point cloud * point duty * pointed * point function * point group * point-in-line * pointless * point man * point mass * point mutation * point of articulation * point-of-care imaging * point of contact * point of fact * point of inevitability * point of inflection, point of inflexion * point of no return * point of order * point of pride * point of reference * point of sale * point of the compass * point of view * point set * point source * point taken * pointwise * pointy * power point * pressure point * reference point * seal point * set point * silly point * single point of failure * singular point * skill point * sore point * standpoint * starting point * stationary point * sticking point * stress point * take point * take someone's point * talking point * three-point line * three-point perspective * three-point turn * tipping point * to the point * trig point * triple point * transition point * turning point * two-point perspective * vanishing point * vantage point * waypoint * what’s the point? * zero point * zero-point energy

Descendants

* Japanese:

Verb

(en verb)

To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.

* Shakespeare

Now must the world point at poor Katharine.

* Dryden

Point at the tattered coat and ragged shoe.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 23, author=Becky Ashton, work=BBC Sport

, title= QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea , passage=Luiz struggled with the movement of Helguson in the box, as he collected a long ball and the Spaniard barged him over, leaving referee Chris Foy little option but to point to the spot.}}

To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington

, volume=188, issue=26, page=6, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told , passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}

To direct toward an object; to aim.

to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort

To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.

to point a dart, a pencil, or (figuratively) a moral

to indicate a probability of something

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 21, author=Helen Pidd, work=the Guardian

, title= Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis , passage=Tens of thousands of Portuguese, Greek and Irish people have left their homelands this year, many heading for the southern hemisphere. Anecdotal evidence points to the same happening in Spain and Italy.}}

(ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.

(masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.

(stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.

To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.

* Alexander Pope

Whosoever should be guided through his battles by Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them.

(mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.

To mark with diacritics.

(dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.

to point a composition

(computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.

(Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.

(nautical) To sail close to the wind.

(hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.

* John Gay

He treads with caution, and he points with fear.

(medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.

(obsolete) To appoint.

(Spenser)

(dated) To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to point out.

* Charles Dickens

He points it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech.

(Alexander Pope)

Derived terms

* point at * pointer * point out * to have a point * point the finger * repoint

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roll

English

Verb

(en verb)

(ergative) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.

* Shakespeare

And her foot, look you, is fixed upon a spherical stone, which rolls', and '''rolls''', and ' rolls .

* 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13

The gentleman aimed the ball once or twice and then threw it up the strand towards Cissy Caffrey but it rolled down the slope and stopped right under Gerty's skirt near the little pool by the rock.

To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.

To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up .

To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.

The cloth rolls''' unevenly; the snow '''rolls well.

(ergative) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.

(ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.

To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.

To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.

The pastry rolls well.

(ergative) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.

, 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.}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838

, page=13 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) , title= Ideas coming down the track , passage=A “moving platform” scheme

(chiefly, US, Canada, colloquial) To leave or begin a journey.

(chiefly, US, Canada, colloquial) To compete, especially with vigor.

To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.

(geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.

To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.

(US, slang) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.

* 2006 , Chris McKenna, "Kids at party chant as police sergeant is beaten by angry teens", Times Herald-Record (Middletown, NY), Tuesday, November 21, [http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061121/NEWS/611210321].

"This is how we roll in Spring Valley," one teen reportedly boasted.

(gaming, transitive, intransitive) To throw dice.

(gaming) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.

To have a rolling aspect.

(gaming) To create a new character in a role-playing game.

(computing) To generate a random number.

To turn over and over.

To tumble in gymnastics.

(nautical, of a vessel) To rotate on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch.

To beat up.

(slang) To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.

(slang) To betray secrets.

(informal) To act.

* 2001 September 11, (Todd Beamer):

Let's roll !

(slang) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).

* 2000 , Michael Sunstar, Underground Rave Dance , Writers Club Press, ISBN 9780595156115, page 15:

Cindy replied, “Wow, that’s great. Did you try E at those parties?” Steel said, “Oh yeah. I was rolling hard at the Willy Wonka party.”

* 2003 , Karin Slaughter, A Faint Cold Fear (novel), HarperCollins, ISBN 978-0-688-17458-3, page 169:

The crowd was rolling' on Ecstasy, and the lights enhanced the experience. He would use it to keep his teeth from chattering while he was ' rolling .

* unidentified Internet user quoted in Joseph A. Kotarba, “Music as a Feature of the Online Discussion of Illegal Drugs”, in Edward Murguía et al. (editors), Real Drugs in a Virtual World: Drug Discourse and Community Online , Lexington Books (2007), ISBN 978-0-7391-1455-1

So the quesion is When you are rolling' what gets you in that “ecstasy” state more: hard pounding energetic music or smoother and gentler music? Personally for me its gentler music because when I’m ' rolling my mind can’t really keep up with all the hard pounding intriquet sounds

(of a camera) To film.

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 15, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC

, title= Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea , passage=So it was against the run of play that their London rivals took the lead two minutes before the interval through Drogba. He rolled William Gallas inside the area before flashing a stunning finish high past keeper Carlo Cudicini.}}

To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.

The years roll on.

To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.

* Prior

what different sorrows did within thee roll

To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.

The thunder rolled and the lightning flashed.

* 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, " Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:

Rolled far too easily by Marc-Antoine Fortuné, Demichelis compounded his error by standing on the striker's foot. In the absence of the injured Watson, Gómez converted the penalty.

Derived terms

* let's roll * rollable * roller * roll in the aisles * roll off * roll off the tongue * roll on * roll out * roll-out * roll-over * roll over * roll the dice * roll up

Noun

(en noun)

The act of rolling, or state of being rolled.

the roll of a ball

Look at the roll of the waves.

That which rolls; a roller.

# A heavy cylinder used to break clods.

# One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.

to pass rails through the rolls

# That which is rolled up.

a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.

# A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.

#* Prior

Busy angels spread / The lasting roll , recording what we say.

# Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.

#* Sir M. Hale

The rolls of Parliament, the entry of the petitions, answers, and transactions in Parliament, are extant.

#* Sir J. Davies

The roll and list of that army doth remain.

# A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.

a roll''' of carpeting; a '''roll of ribbon

# A cylindrical twist of tobacco.

A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself.

(nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.

(nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis.

A heavy, reverberatory sound.

Hear the roll of cannon.

Hear the roll of thunder.

The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.

(obsolete) Part; office; duty; rôle.

(rfquotek, L'Estrange)

A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.

* 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 4, p. 594:

Parchement is sold by the dozen, and by the roll of five dozens.

the rotation angle about the longitudinal axis

Calculate the roll of that aircraft.

The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.

Make your roll.

Whoever gets the highest roll moves first.

A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling .

He is on a roll tonight.

A training match for a fighting dog.

Derived terms

* bread roll * enrol, enroll * roll cage * roll call * roll-to-roll * sausage roll * Swiss roll

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Point vs Roll - What's the difference?

In obsolete terms the difference between point and roll

In lang=en terms the difference between point and roll

In gaming terms the difference between point and roll

In nautical terms the difference between point and roll

In intransitive terms the difference between point and roll

In transitive terms the difference between point and roll

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Point vs Roll - What's the difference?

In obsolete terms the difference between point and roll

In lang=en terms the difference between point and roll

In gaming terms the difference between point and roll

In nautical terms the difference between point and roll

In intransitive terms the difference between point and roll

In transitive terms the difference between point and roll

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