Pole vs Plank - What's the difference?
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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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, title= (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 at
To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
To furnish with poles for support.
To convey on poles.
To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
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 : a point for which as .
(obsolete) The firmament; the sky.
* Milton
To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.
A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.
Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
(British, slang) A stupid person, idiot.
That which supports or upholds.
* Southey
To cover something with planking.
* Dryden
To bake (fish) on a piece of cedar lumber.
* 1998 , Richard Gerstell, American Shad in the Susquehanna River Basin (page 147)
(colloquial) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.
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As nouns the difference between pole and plank
is that pole is pole while plank is a long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.As a verb plank is
to cover something with planking.pole
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) pole, pal, from (etyl) .Noun
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Synonyms
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* (analysis) root, zeroDerived terms
(terms derived from pole) * flagpole * maypole * poleaxe * pole vaultVerb
(pol)- Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work.
- He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.
- to pole beans or hops
- to pole hay into a barn
Etymology 2
From (etyl) pole, .Noun
(en noun)- The function has a single pole at .
- shoots against the dusky pole
Antonyms
* (complex analysis) zeroDerived terms
* polar * polarity * dipole * monopole * north pole * south pole * poles apart * polestar, pole star * pole vaultVerb
(pol)Anagrams
* ----plank
English
Noun
(en noun)- His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot.
Synonyms
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* plank spankerVerb
(en verb)- to plank a floor or a ship
- Planked with pine.
- Along the lower river, planked shad dinners (baked and broiled) were highly popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- to plank money in a wager
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- The woman, known as Claudia, fell from a 2m wall after earlier demonstrating the wrong way to plank' on a small stool while holding a bottle of wine. A friend said some guests had not heard of ' planking and Claudia was demonstrating how ridiculous it was.
Tourists snapped planking at iconic landmarks around the world]'', in[[w:The Australian, The Australian],
- Perth man Simon Carville became an internet sensation after he was photographed planking naked in the arms of famous Perth statue the Eliza.