Receptacle vs Pug - What's the difference?
receptacle | pug |
A container.
(botany) The part of the flower stalk (peduncle or pedicel) to which the floral parts are attached; also torus.
# In the Asteraceae , the end of the peduncle to which all of the florets of the flower head are attached.
(electricity, US) A contact device installed at an outlet for the connection of an attachment plug and flexible cord to supply portable equipment or appliances.
Term of endearment (probably related to puck).
A bargeman.
A harlot; a prostitute.
A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.
An upper servant in a great house.
The footprint of an animal. (Also pugmark ) (From the Hindi for 'foot', related to Sanskrit 'padh' and Greek 'ped')
Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil )
A pug mill.
(obsolete, slang) A pugilist or boxer.
(obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.
(obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain
Any geometrid moth of the genus .
To mix and stir when wet.
To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound.
As nouns the difference between receptacle and pug
is that receptacle is receptacle while pug is term of endearment (probably related to puck).As a verb pug is
to mix and stir when wet.receptacle
English
(wikipedia receptacle)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See alsopug
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Cotgrave)
- (Ben Jonson)
- (Holland)
Derived terms
* pug nose * pug-nosedVerb
(pugg)- to pug clay for bricks or pottery
