Pole vs Brace - What's the difference?

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Pole is a related term of brace.

As nouns the difference between pole and brace

is that pole is pole while brace is (obsolete) armor for the arm; vambrace.

As a verb brace is

(intransitive) to prepare for something bad, as an impact or blow.

pole

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) pole, pal, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.

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(angling) A type of basic fishing rod.

A long fiberglass sports implement used for pole-vaulting.

(slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.

(historical) A unit of length, equal to a perch (¼ chain or 5½ yards).

(auto racing) Pole position.

(analysis) a singularity that behaves like

\frac{1}{z^n}

z = 0

Synonyms

* See also

Antonyms

* (analysis) root, zero

Derived terms

(terms derived from pole) * flagpole * maypole * poleaxe * pole vault

Verb

(pol)

To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.

Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work.

To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.

He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.

To furnish with poles for support.

to pole beans or hops

To convey on poles.

to pole hay into a barn

To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) pole, .

Noun

(en noun)

Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.

A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).

(geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.

(electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.

(complex analysis) For a meromorphic function

f(z)

: a point

a

for which

f(z) \rightarrow \infty

z \rightarrow a

The function $f(z) = \frac{1}{z-3}$ has a single pole at $z = 3$ .

(obsolete) The firmament; the sky.

* Milton

shoots against the dusky pole

Antonyms

* (complex analysis) zero

Derived terms

* polar * polarity * dipole * monopole * north pole * south pole * poles apart * polestar, pole star * pole vault

Verb

(pol)

To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.

Anagrams

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brace

English

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.

(obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.

A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.

A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.

* Derham

The little bones of the ear drum do in straining and relaxing it as the braces of the war drum do in that.

The state of being braced or tight; tension.

* Holder

the laxness of the tympanum, when it has lost its brace or tension

Harness; warlike preparation.

* Shakespeare

for that it stands not in such warlike brace

(typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in ; in music, used to connect staves.

A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally and then other things, but rarely human persons. (The plural in this sense is unchanged.) In British use (as plural ), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.

* 1610 , , act 5 scene 1

But you, my brace of lords, were I so minded,

I here could pluck his highness' frown upon you,

And justify you traitors

* Addison

He is said to have shot fifty brace of pheasants.

* Fuller

A brace of brethren, both bishops, both eminent for learning and religion, now appeared in the church.

A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.

(nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.

(UK, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.

(mostly, in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.

(mostly, in the plural) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.

(soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.

Synonyms

* (sense, measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms) fathom

Verb

(brac)
(intransitive) To prepare for something bad, as an impact or blow.

All hands, brace for impact!

Brace yourself!

*

The boy has no idea about everything that's been going on. You need to brace him for what's about to happen.

To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.

He braced himself against the crowd.

* Fairfax

A sturdy lance in his right hand he braced .

(nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind

to brace the yards

To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.

To confront with questions, demands or requests.

To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.

to brace a beam in a building

To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.

to brace the nerves

* Campbell

And welcome war to brace her drums.

To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

* John Locke

The women of China, by bracing and binding them from their infancy, have very little feet.

* Sir Walter Scott

some who spurs had first braced on

Anagrams

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