Pole vs Post - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between pole and post

is that pole is to induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles while post is to hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.

In obsolete terms the difference between pole and post

is that pole is the firmament; the sky while post is one who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.

As nouns the difference between pole and post

is that pole is originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes while post is a long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post.

As verbs the difference between pole and post

is that pole is to propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole while post is to hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.

As an adverb post is

with the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly.

As a preposition post is

after; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.

As an acronym POST is

power-On Self-Test.

As a proper noun Post is

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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}

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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post

English

(wikipedia post)

Alternative forms

* poast (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)

A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post

(construction) a stud; a two-by-four

A pole in a battery

(dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.

a prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes

(paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches

(sports) goalpost

* {{quote-news

, year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post . }}

(obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.

* S. Rowlands

When God sends coin / I will discharge your post .

Derived terms

* doorpost * fencepost * from pillar to post * gatepost * goalpost * hitching post * king post * lamppost * listening post * milepost * newel post * post hole * * scratching post * signpost * tool post

Verb

(en verb)

To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.

Post no bills.

To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.

to post someone for cowardice

* Granville

On pain of being posted to your sorrow / Fail not, at four, to meet me.

(accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.

* Arbuthnot

You have not posted your books these ten years.

To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up .

* London Saturday Review

thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day

(poker) To pay (a blind)

Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route.

(dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.

a stage or railway post

A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.

* Archbishop Abbot

In certain places there be always fresh posts , to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other.

* Shakespeare

I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, / Receiving them from such a worthless post .

* 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 199:

information was filtered through the counting-houses and warehouses of Antwerp; posts galloped along the roads of the Low Countries, while dispatches streamed through Calais, and were passed off the merchant galleys arriving in London from the Flanders ports.

An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.

sent via ''post'''; ''parcel '''post

* Alexander Pope

I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post .

A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.

A message posted in an electronic forum.

A location on a basketball court near the basket.

(American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.

Two of the receivers ran post patterns.

(obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.

* Shakespeare

In post he came.

(obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.

* Palfrey

He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post , for several years.

Derived terms

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Verb

(en verb)

To send an item of mail.

Mail items posted before 7.00pm within the Central Business District and before 5.00pm outside the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day.

To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.

* Shakespeare

Post speedily to my lord your husband.

* Milton

And post o'er land and ocean without rest.

(UK, horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.

(Internet) To publish a message to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.

I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.

Derived terms

Adverb

(-)

With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly

* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 353:

In this posture were affairs at the inn when a gentleman arrived there post .

* 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly’, Plain Tales from the Hills , Folio 2005, p. 93:

He prided himself on looking neat even when he was riding post .

sent via the postal service

Descendants

* German: (l)

Etymology 3

Probably from (etyl) poste.

Noun

(en noun)

An assigned station; a guard post.

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, title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts . For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}

An appointed position in an organization.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Angelique Chrisafis, work=Guardian

, title= Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism , passage=She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post . But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.}}

Verb

(en verb)

To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.

To assign to a station; to set; to place.

Post a sentinel in front of the door.

* De Quincey

It might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant, or to get him posted .

Etymology 4

From (etyl) post

Preposition

(English prepositions)

after; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications

* 2008 , Michael Tomasky, "Obama cannot let the right cast him in that 60s show", The Guardian , online,

One of the most appealing things for me about Barack Obama has always been that he comes post the post-60s generation.

* 2008 , Matthew Stevens, "Lew pressured to reveal what he knows", The Australian , online,

Lew reckons he had three options for the cash-cow which was Premier post the Coles sale.

Quotations

* (English Citations of "post")

Anagrams

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