Pole vs Leg - What's the difference?

pole | leg |

As nouns the difference between pole and leg

is that pole is pole while leg is lake.

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

* ----

leg

English

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Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)

The lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle.

Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.

(anatomy) The portion of the lower appendage of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.

A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.

The left leg of these jeans has a tear.

A stage of a journey, race etc.

After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.

(nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.

(nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.

(sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.

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One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.

(geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.

A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath.

the legs of a chair or table

(usually used in plural) evidence, the ability of a thing or idea to stick around or persist

(UK, slang, archaic) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.

An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.

In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.

(cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.

Derived terms

* a leg to stand on * foreleg * get one's leg over * hind leg * leg break * leg-breaker * leggy * leg it * legroom * legs eleven * legwork * make a leg * pull someone's leg * shake a leg * show a bit of leg * show a leg * stretch one's legs

Verb

(legg)

To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.

To remove the legs from an animal carcass.

To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.

Derived terms

* leg it

Anagrams

* *

References

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