Report vs Piece - What's the difference?

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Report is a related term of piece.

As nouns the difference between report and piece

is that report is report (all senses) while piece is room (in a house, etc).

report

English

(wikipedia report)

Verb

(en verb)

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(label) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).

*:thenne they ansuerd by and by that they coude not excuse the quene // Allas sayd the quene I made this dyner for a good entente / and neuer for none euyl soo almyghty god me help in my ryght as I was neuer purposed to doo suche euylle dedes / and that I reporte me vnto god

(label) Formally to notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.

(label) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).

(label) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.

(label) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.

(label) To be accountable.

To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.

To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.

(label) To refer.

*(Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)

*:Baldwin, his son,succeeded his father; so like unto him that we report the reader to the character of King Almeric, and will spare the repeating his description.

To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.

*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

*:a church with windows only form above, that reporteth the voice thirteen times

Derived terms

* reporter * underreport

Noun

(en noun)

A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject.

A report by the telecommunications ministry on the phone network revealed a severe capacity problem.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=December 16 , author=Denis Campbell , title=Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients' , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=Hospitals are failing to care properly for the growing number of people with dementia, according to an NHS-funded report , which has prompted demands for big improvements to help patients.}}

(ballistics ) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.

* 1851 ,

While their masters, the mates, seemed afraid of the sound of the hinges of their own jaws, the harpooneers chewed their food with such a relish that there was a report to it.

* 1883:

...a pistol-shot, flash and report , came from the hedge-side.

an employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager

Derived terms

* (piece of information) on report, report card * (employee) direct report, indirect report

Anagrams

* English reporting verbs 1000 English basic words ----

piece

English

Alternative forms

* peece (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)

A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.

A single item belonging to a class of similar items: as, for example, a piece of machinery, a piece of software.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].}}

(chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games.

* 1959 , (Hans Kmoch), Pawn Power in Chess , I:

Pawns, unlike pieces , move only in one direction: forward.

A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.

a sixpenny piece

An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.

An artillery gun.

(US, Canada, colloquial) (short for hairpiece); a toupee or wig, usually when worn by a man.

A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.

* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 46:

My grannie came and gived them all a piece and jam and cups of water then I was to bring them back out to the street and play a game.

(US, colloquial) A gun.

(US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail

(US, colloquial, mildly, vulgar) (short for "piece of crap") a shoddy or worthless object, usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances.

(US, slang) A cannabis pipe.

(baseball) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with got, and never used in the plural.

(dated, sometimes, derogatory) An individual; a person.

* Sir Philip Sidney

If I had not been a piece of a logician before I came to him.

* Shakespeare

Thy mother was a piece of virtue.

* Coleridge

His own spirit is as unsettled a piece as there is in all the world.

(obsolete) A castle; a fortified building.

(Spenser)

(US) A pacifier.

Synonyms

* See also * See also

Usage notes

When used as a baseball term, the term is idiomatic in that the baseball is almost never broken into pieces. It is rare in modern baseball for the cover of a baseball to even partially tear loose. In professional baseball, several new, not previously played baseballs are used in each game. It could be argued that the phrase was never meant (not even metaphorically) to refer to breaking the ball into pieces, and that "get a piece of the ball" means the bat contacts only a small area of the ball - in other words, that the ball is hit off-center. In that case "get" would mean "succeed in hitting", not "obtain".

Derived terms

* bits and pieces * piecemeal * piecen * piece of cake * piece of eight * piece of the action

Verb

(piec)

(transitive, usually, with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).

These clues allowed us to piece together the solution to the mystery.

* Fuller

His adversaries pieced themselves together in a joint opposition against him.

To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out .

to piece a garment

(Shakespeare)

(slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.

* 2009 , Gregory J. Snyder, Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground (page 40)

It is incorrect to say that toys tag and masters piece ; toys just do bad tags, bad throw-ups, and bad pieces.

* 2009 , Scape Martinez, GRAFF: The Art & Technique of Graffiti (page 124)

It is often used to collect other writer's tags, and future plans for bombing and piecing .

Derived terms

* piece together * repiece * unpiece 1000 English basic words ----