What is the difference between pot and deal?

Deal is a synonym of pot.

In obsolete terms the difference between pot and deal

is that pot is an earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug while deal is a division, a portion, a share.

In transitive terms the difference between pot and deal

is that pot is to drain while deal is to sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.

As nouns the difference between pot and deal

is that pot is a vessel used for cooking or storing food, or for growing plants in, especially flowers while deal is a division, a portion, a share.

As verbs the difference between pot and deal

is that pot is to put (something) into a pot while deal is to distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.

As an adjective deal is

made of deal.

pot

English

(wikipedia pot)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from late (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A vessel used for cooking or storing food, or for growing plants in, especially flowers.

* , chapter=10

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots , such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}

(label) The money wagered in poker or similar games.

A trap for catching lobsters, crabs, eels, or fish.

(label) An iron hat with a broad brim.

* {{quote-book, year=1786, author=(Francis Grose), title=A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page=12,

passage=The pot is an iron hat with broad brims: there are many under the denomination in the Tower, said to have been taken from the French; one of them is represented in plat 7, fig. 1 and 2.}}

A glass of beer, of a size that varies regionally but is normally 10 fl oz (285 ml).

* 2009 , Deborah Penrith, Jodie Seal, Live & Work in Australia , page 187,

There are plenty of pubs and bars all over Australia (serving beer in schooners – 425ml or middies/pots ~285ml), and if you don?t fancy those you can drink in wine bars, pleasant beer gardens, or with friends at home.

A potshot.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 1, author=Tom Fordyce, work=BBC Sport

, title= Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland , passage=England were shipping penalties at an alarming rate - five in the first 15 minutes alone - and with Wilkinson missing three long-distance pots of his own in the first 20 minutes, the alarm bells began to ring for Martin Johnson's men.}}

(label) A protruding belly; a paunch.

(label) Ruin or deterioration.

The act of causing a ball to fall into a pocket.

(label) A potentiometer.

(label) A non-conducting, usually ceramic, stand that supports the third rail while keeping it electrically insulated from the ground.

(label) An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.

A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.

A crucible.

a graphite pot'''; a melting '''pot

A perforated cask for draining sugar.

(Knight)

A size of paper; pott.

(label) toilet

* 2011 , Ben Zeller, Secrets of Beaver Creek (page 204)

Synonyms

* (cooking vessel) * (money wagered in a card game) * (trap for crustaceans or fish) * middy (qualifier), schooner (South Australia) * (potshot) * (protruding belly) beer belly * * (in English billiards) winning hazard * (potentiometer) * (non-conducting stand for a third rail)

Derived terms

* pot head * chamberpot * pisspot * pot ale * pot boiler * pot life * pot holder * pot roast * pot-au-feu * potbelly * potboil * potboiler * pothole * potpie * potpourri * potshot * potsherd * pot stirrer * pottage * potter * pottery * potty * hot pot * potted plant * stir the pot * teapot * two pot screamer

Verb

To put (something) into a pot.

to pot a plant

To preserve by bottling or canning.

potted meat

(label) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.

(label) To be capable of being potted.

The black ball doesn't pot ; the red is in the way.

To shoot.

(label) To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.

To tipple; to drink.

* Feltham

It is less labour to plough than to pot it.

(label) To drain.

to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc. with perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off

To seat a person, usually a young child, onto a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.

Could you please pot the children before sending them to bed?

Etymology 2

Possibly a shortened form of Mexican (etyl) , supposedly denoting a drink of wine or brandy in which marijuana buds were steeped.

Noun

(-)

The drug marijuana.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* pothead

Etymology 3

(potentiometer) .

Noun

(en noun)

A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.

Derived terms

slide pot, a sliding (linear) potentiometer typically designed to be manipulated by a thumb or finger

thumb pot, a rotating potentiometer designed to be turned by a thumb or finger

References

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Anagrams

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deal

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at dole.

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A division, a portion, a share.

An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (''now usually qualified by'' (great) ''or (good)).

*:And so they alle bare hym vnto the hermytage / and vnarmed hym / and layd hym in his bedde / & euer more his wound bledde pytously / but he stered no lymme of hym / Thenne the knyghte heremyte put a thynge in his nose and a lytel dele of water in his mouthe / And thenne sir launcelot waked of his swoune / and thenne the heremyte staunched his bledynge

*1814 , (Jane Austen), Mansfield Park , Ch.2:

*:There is a vast deal of difference in memories, as well as in every thing else, and therefore you should make allowance for your cousin, and pity her deficiency.

*1851 , (Herman Melville), Moby-Dick , Ch.32:

*:There is a deal of obscurity concerning the identity of the species thus multitudinously baptized.

*{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne

, chapter=3, title=[http://openlibrary.org/works/OL5387037W Well Tackled!] , passage=“They know our boats will stand up to their work,” said Willison, “and that counts for a good deal . A low estimate from us doesn't mean scamped work, but just that we want to keep the yard busy over a slack time.”}}

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson

, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/18/falling-upwards-richard-holmes-review Fantasy of navigation] , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}

A unit of volume equal to 12 ft × 11 in × 1.5 in, used to measure firewood.

Synonyms

* (act of apportioning or distributing) allotment, apportionment, distribution, doling out]], [[share, sharing, sharing out * (large number or amount or extent) batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, load, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew

Derived terms

* (indefinite quantity) a great deal, a good deal, big deal, real deal

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Verb

To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.

The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory.

* Tickell

Rome deals out her blessings and her gold.

To administer or give out, as in small portions.

* 1820 , , The Abbot , ch. 30:

"Away, proud woman!" said the Lady; "who ever knew so well as thou to deal the deepest wounds under the pretence of kindness and courtesy?"

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=April 15 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Norwich 2 - 1 Nott'm Forest , work=BBC Sport , url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13009332.stm , page= , passage=Norwich returned to second in the Championship with victory over Nottingham Forest, whose promotion hopes were dealt another blow.}}

To distribute cards to the players in a game.

I was dealt four aces.

The cards were shuffled and dealt by the croupier.

(baseball) To pitch.

The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger.

To have dealings or business.

* 1838 , , Oliver Twist , ch. 11:

Mr. Brownlow contrived to state his case; observing that, in the surprise of the moment, he had run after the boy because he saw him running away; and expressing his hope that, if the magistrate should believe him, although not actually the thief, to be connected with thieves; he would deal as leniently with him as justice would allow.

To conduct oneself, to behave.

* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.ii:

In Deheubarth'' that now South-wales is hight, / What time king ''Ryence raign'd, and dealed right [...].

(obsolete) To take action; to act.

* 1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book IV:

Wel said syr Uwayne go on your waye, and lete me dele .

To trade professionally (followed by in ).

She deals in gold.

To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.

This club takes a dim view of members who deal drugs.

To be concerned with.

* 1922 , , Ulysses , episode 14:

Science, it cannot be too often repeated, deals with tangible phenomena.

To handle, to manage, to cope.

* 1897 , , Dracula , ch 19:

Then there was the sound of a struggle, and I knew that the attendants were dealing with him.

I can't deal with this.

Synonyms

* (distribute among a number of recipients) apportion, divvy up, share, share out, portion out * (administer in portions) administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, hand out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out * * pitch, throw * (have dealings with) * (trade) sell, trade, bargain * sell * (be concerned with) *

Derived terms

* deal with * dealer * dealy

Noun

(en noun)

An act of dealing or sharing.

The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.

I didn’t have a good deal all evening.

I believe it's your deal .

A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction

We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight.

* 2014 , Jamie Jackson, "[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/26/angel-di-maria-completes-move-to-manchester-united Ángel di María says Manchester United were the ‘only club’ after Real]", The Guardian , 26 August 2014:

The deal , which overtakes the £50m paid to Liverpool by Chelsea for Fernando Torres in January 2011 as the highest paid by a British club, takes United’s summer spend to £130.7m, following the £27m spent on Luke Shaw, the £28m for Ander Herrera and £16m for Marcos Rojo.

Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.

* 2009 , The Guardian , Virginia Wallis, 22 Jul 2009:

You also have to look at the kind of mortgage deals available to you and whether you will be able to trade up to the kind of property you are looking for.

An agreement between parties; an arrangement

* 2009 , Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times , 20 Jul 2009:

California lawmakers, their state broke and its credit rating shot, finally sealed the deal with the governor Monday night on a plan to close a $26 billion budget gap.

He made a deal with the devil.

(informal) A situation, occasion, or event.

"''I've never killed anybody before. I don't see what's the big deal ."

Line spoken by character played by John Travolta in the movie Broken Arrow .

What's the deal ?

(informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.

The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork.

Synonyms

* (cards held in a card game by a player at any given time) hand * (instance of buying or selling) business deal, sale, trade, transaction * (a beneficial transaction) steal, bargain * (agreement between parties fixing obligations of each) contract, pact

Derived terms

* no deal * package deal * raw deal * sweetheart deal

Etymology 3

From (etyl) (m), cognate with (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)

(countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

Synonyms

* * (plank of softwood)

Adjective

(-)

Made of deal.

A plain deal table

* 1913 ,

She glanced round the kitchen. It was small and curious to her, with its glittering kissing-bunch, its evergreens behind the pictures, its wooden chairs and little deal table.

* 1919 ,

Through the open door you see a red-tiled floor, a large wooden bed, and on a deal table a ewer and a basin.

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