Pole vs Yoke - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between pole and yoke

is that pole is pole while yoke is a bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

As a verb yoke is

to link or to join.

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

* ----

yoke

English

Noun

(en noun)

A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

* Alexander Pope

A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke, / Untamed, unconscious of the galling yoke .

A pair (of animals, especially oxen).

* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke XIV:

And another sayd: I have bought fyve yooke of oxen, and I must goo to prove them, I praye the have me excused.

A frame made to fit the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying a pair of buckets, etc., one at each end of the frame.

A frame worn on the neck of an animal, such as a cow, pig, or goose, to prevent passage through a fence.

(figuratively) A burden; something which represses or restrains a person.

A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it.

The part of a shirt that stretches over the shoulders, usually made out of a doubled piece of fabric. Or, a pair of fabric panels on trousers (especially jeans) or a skirt, across the back of the garment below the waistband.

* 1913 ,

[...] this city child was dressed in what was then called the "Kate Greenaway" manner, and her red cashmere frock, gathered full from the yoke , came almost to the floor.

(bodybuilding) Well-developed muscles of the neck and shoulders.

* 2010 , Jim Wendler, "Build an NFL Neck", Men's Fitness (April), page 73.

Nothing says you're a dedicated lifter and true athlete more than a massive yoke —that is, the muscles of the neck, traps, and rear delts.

(aviation) The column-mounted of an aircraft.

(electronics) The electro-magnetic coil that deflects the electron beam in a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube).

(nautical) A fitting placed across the head of the rudder with a line attached at each end by which a boat may be steered. In modern use it is primarily found in sailing canoes and kayaks.

(agriculture, dated, uncommon) An alternative name for a cowpoke.

(glassblowing) A Y-shaped stand used to support a blowpipe or punty while reheating in the glory hole.

(engineering) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.

A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain.

(dressmaking) A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt.

The amount of land ploughed in a day by a pair of oxen.

(Gardner)

A portion of the working day.

to work two yokes , i.e. to work both morning and afternoon

(Halliwell)

(informal, Ireland) A miscellaneous object; a gadget.

Synonyms

* (aviation) control wheel

Derived terms

* pass under the yoke * under the yoke

Verb

(yok)

To link or to join.

Muriel and Benjamin yoked themselves into an old governess-cart and did their share.

To unite, to connect.

* Bible, 2 Corinthians vi. 14

Be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers.

To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.

* Milton

Then were they yoked with garrisons.

* Hudibras

The words and promises that yoke / The conqueror are quickly broke.

Derived terms

* yoke together