Put vs Pun - What's the difference?

put | pun |

As an acronym put

is (software|testing).

As an initialism put

is (electronics).

As a verb pun is

to beat; strike with force; ram; pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder or pun can be to make or tell a pun; make a play on words.

As a noun pun is

a joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused.

put

English

(wikipedia put)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) putten, puten, poten, from (etyl) .

Verb

To place something somewhere.

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To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.

(finance) To exercise a put option.

To express something in a certain manner.

* Hare

All this is ingeniously and ably put .

(athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport.

To steer; to direct one's course; to go.

* (John Dryden)

His fury thus appeased, he puts to land.

To play a card or a hand in the game called put.

To attach or attribute; to assign.

to put a wrong construction on an act or expression

(obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.

* Wyclif Bible, John xv. 13

No man hath more love than this, that a man put his life for his friends.

To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.

to put''' a question; to '''put a case

* Berkeley

Put' the perception and you ' put the mind.

* Milton

These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin.

(obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.

* Jonathan Swift

These wretches put us upon all mischief.

* Sir Walter Scott

Put me not to use the carnal weapon in my own defence.

* Milton

Thank him who puts me, loath, to this revenge.

(mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.

(Raymond)

Derived terms

* put about * put across * put aside * put away * put back * put by * put down * put end * put forth * put forward * put in * put in place * put in practice * put into * put off * put on * put on airs * put on a pedestal * put one over * put one's cards on the table * put one's house in order * put one's money where one's mouth is * put one's name in the hat * put out * put out feelers * put over * put paid to * put someone in mind of * put through * put to * put together * put to rest * put two and two together * put under * put up * put up with * put upon * put with * put wise * put words in someone's mouth * putable * puttable * input * output

Noun

(en noun)

(business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.

(finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.

He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet.

* Johnson's Cyc.

A put and a call may be combined in one instrument, the holder of which may either buy or sell as he chooses at the fixed price.

The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.

the put of a ball

* L'Estrange

The stag's was a forc'd put , and a chance rather than a choice.

An old card game.

(Young)

Etymology 2

Origin unknown. Perhaps related to (etyl) pwt.

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person.

* Bramston

Queer country puts extol Queen Bess's reign.

* F. Harrison

What droll puts the citizens seem in it all.

* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 244:

The old put wanted to make a parson of me, but d—n me, thinks I to myself, I'll nick you there, old cull; the devil a smack of your nonsense shall you ever get into me.

Etymology 3

(etyl) pute.

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A prostitute.

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pun

English

(wikipedia pun)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . More at (l).

Verb

To beat; strike with force; ram; pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder.

* Shakespeare

He would pun thee into shivers with his fist.

Etymology 2

From a special use of Etymology 1 .

Noun

(en noun)

A joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused.

* {{quote-book

, title=(Mansfield Park) , last=Austen , first=Jane , authorlink=Jane Austen , year=1814 citation , volume=one, chapter VI , publisher= }}

"Certainly, my home at my uncle's brought me acquainted with a circle of admirals. Of Rears'' and ''Vices I saw enough. Now do not be suspecting me of a pun , I entreat."

*:Comment : Austen was likely referring to spanking/flogging, then common naval punishments, known as (le vice Anglais) .

Usage notes

* Because some puns are based on pronunciation, puns are more obvious when spoken aloud. For example: “This rock is gneiss, but don’t take it for granite.” This reads (with a US accent) similarly to “This rock is nice, but don’t take it for granted.” (Both “gneiss” and “granite” are types of rock.)

Synonyms

* See also

Verb

To make or tell a pun; make a play on words.

We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.

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