What is the difference between pointer and burrow?
pointer | burrow |
Anything that points or is used for pointing.
A needle-like component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.
A breed of hunting dog.
(programming) A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.
(computing) An icon that indicates the position of the mouse; a cursor.
A tip, a bit of advice (usually plural.)
(in combinations) Something worth a given number of points.
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A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
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(mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
A mound.
An incorporated town.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between pointer and burrow
is that pointer is anything that points or is used for pointing while burrow is a tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.As a verb burrow is
to dig a tunnel or hole.pointer
English
Noun
(en noun)- The instructor gave me some pointers on writing a good paper.
- a ten-pointer
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Synonyms
* (sense, teacher's pointer) fescue * (of a timepiece) hand * (of a measuring device) needle * (icon) mouse pointer * (programming) referenceSee also
* (programming) dereference, addressDerived terms
* null pointer * white pointer * dangling pointerSee also
* *Anagrams
* ----burrow
English
Noun
(en noun)- But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels' for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the ' burrows the real rabbits lived in.
