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Points vs Runs - What's the difference?

points | runs |

As a proper noun points

is an unincorporated community in west virginia.

As a noun runs is

.

As a verb runs is

(run).

points

English

Noun

(head)
  • (rail transport, British) Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.
  • (automotive) The two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow current to flow or not through the ignition coil. Each surface is called a point singular (there's usually a moving point which is pushed by the distributor cam and a fixed point which isn't), but they're made together in a unit and serviced or replaced that way and are hence normally called points plural.

    • Synonyms

    * switch (Movable rails used to switch a train from one railway track to another.)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (point)

    • Anagrams

    * English pluralia tantum ----

    runs

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (the runs ) (slang) Diarrhea/diarrhoea

    • Synonyms

    * (diarrh(o)ea ): diarrhea/diarrhoea, the squits (slang), the trots (slang), the craps (slang)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (run)

    • Anagrams

    * urns ----