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Hole vs Slot - What's the difference?

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In informal terms the difference between hole and slot

is that hole is a container or receptacle while slot is a slot machine designed for gambling.

In computing terms the difference between hole and slot

is that hole is a security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit while slot is a space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored.

As nouns the difference between hole and slot

is that hole is a hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure while slot is a broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.

As verbs the difference between hole and slot

is that hole is to make holes in (an object or surface) while slot is to bolt or lock a door or window.

hole

English

(wikipedia hole)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.
  • :
  • *(Bible), 2 (w) xii.9:
  • *:The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:the holes where eyes should be
  • * (1809-1892)
  • *:The blind walls were full of chinks and holes .
  • *
  • *:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
  • #An opening in a solid.
  • #:
  • (lb) In games.
  • #(lb) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
  • #(lb) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
  • #:
  • #(lb) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
  • #:
  • #(lb) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in future, control with a friendly pawn.
  • #(lb) A card (also called a hole card ) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
  • An excavation pit or trench.
  • (lb) A weakness, a flaw
  • :
  • *2011 , - (We Are Young)
  • *:But between the drinks and subtle things / The holes in my apologies, you know /
  • (lb) A container or receptacle.
  • :
  • (lb) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
  • (lb) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
  • (lb) An orifice, in particular the anus.
  • Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
  • (lb) An undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel.
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  • (lb) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
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  • Synonyms

    * See also * (solitary confinement) administrative segregation, AdSeg, block (UK), cooler (UK), hotbox, lockdown, pound, SCU, security housing unit, SHU, special handling unit

    Derived terms

    * ace in the hole * arsehole, asshole * black hole * bolthole * bullet hole * burn a hole in one's pocket * button hole * cakehole * countersunk hole * cubby hole * donut hole * dry hole * electron hole * fox-hole, fox hole, foxhole * glory hole * gnamma hole {{rel-mid3} * gunk-hole * hellhole * hole in one * hole-in-the-wall * hole punch * hole state * holey * in the hole * keyhole * know one's ass from a hole in the ground * loophole * man-hole, manhole * mouse-hole, mousehole * nineteenth hole * pesthole * pigeonhole * pilot hole * poophole * pothole * pritchel hole * rathole * sink hole * sound hole * toad-in-the-hole * top-hole * touch hole * watering hole * white hole * wonky hole

    Verb

    (hol)
  • To make holes in (an object or surface).
  • (by extension) To destroy.
  • To go or get into a hole.
  • (Ben Jonson)
  • To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
  • to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars
  • To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
  • (hele)
  • Derived terms

    * holeable * holer * hole up

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    slot

    English

    (wikipedia slot)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) slot or (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.
  • A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.
  • (electrical) A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.
  • (slang, surfing) The barrel or tube of a wave.
  • Verb

  • (obsolete) To bolt or lock a door or window.
  • (obsolete, transitive, UK, dialect) To shut with violence; to slam.
  • to slot a door

    Etymology 2

    From Old French esclot , of unknown origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
  • A gap in a schedule or sequence.
  • (aviation) The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.
  • (aviation) In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen.
  • (computing) A space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored.
  • The game offers four save slots .
  • (informal) A slot machine designed for gambling.
  • (slang) The vagina.
  • * 2006 , Shelby Reed, Madison Hayes, Love a Younger Man (page 165)
  • She'd like him jammed into her slot , like him to crank into her and she didn't think ignition would be far off if he did.
  • * 2006 , Rod Waleman, The Stepdaughters (page 20)
  • Valerie sighed with pleasure as her husband skillfully found her slot and inserted the head of his straining prick inside, then bucked its thick-stemmed length all the way up her sex-channel.
    Derived terms
    * slotwise

    Verb

  • To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture)
  • To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence)
  • To put something where it belongs.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=And Stamford Bridge erupted with joy as Florent Malouda slotted in a cross from Drogba, who had stayed just onside. }}

    Derived terms

    * slot in

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) esclot, from (etyl) . Compare (sleuth).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The track of an animal, especially a deer.
  • :* 1819': β€œOne is from Hexamshire; he is wont to trace the Tynedale and Teviotdale thieves, as a bloodhound follows the '''slot of a hurt deer.” β€” Walter Scott, ''Ivanhoe
  • Derived terms
    * slot-hound

    See also

    * close * sluice

    Anagrams

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