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Dowel vs Pole - What's the difference?

dowel | pole |

In transitive terms the difference between dowel and pole

is that dowel is to furnish with dowels while pole is to induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.

dowel

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
  • A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.
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  • (construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may fastened to it.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (pin or block of wood or metal) spline, biscuit, tenon * (construction) anchor, screw anchor (US); wall plug (UK).

    Verb

    (dowell)
  • To fasten together with dowels.
  • To furnish with dowels.
    • A cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    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} at 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 as 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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