Branch vs Store - What's the difference?
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The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
(geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
A location of an organization with several locations.
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
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(Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see .
An area in business or of knowledge, research.
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(nautical) A certificate given by (Trinity House) to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
(computer architecture) A sequence of .
To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
To produce branches.
To divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
(computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
A supply held in storage.
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(label) A place where items may be purchased.
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, title=, chapter=1
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Memory.
A large amount of information retained in one's memory.
A great quantity or number.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
(transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 (computing) Write (something) into memory or registers.
(intransitive) To remain in good condition while stored.
In intransitive terms the difference between branch and store
is that branch is to divide into separate parts or subdivisions while store is To remain in good condition while stored.As a proper noun Branch
is {{surname|lang=en}.branch
English
Alternative forms
*Noun
(es) (wikipedia branch)- the branch of an antler, a chandelier, a river, or a railway
- the branches of a hyperbola
- Our main branch is downtown, and we have branches in all major suburbs.
- the English branch of a family
- his father, a younger branch of the ancient stock
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Synonyms
* (part of a tree) bough, tillow, twig, see alsoVerb
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Noun
(en noun)- By late summer a sufficient store of stone had accumulated, and then the building began, under the superintendence of the pigs.
- With store of ladies, whose bright eyes / Rain influence, and give the prize.
Synonyms
* (supply held in storage) stock, supply * (place from which items may be purchased) boutique, shop (UK); see also * (in computing) memoryDerived terms
* company store * drugstore * general store * variety store * give away the store * in store * mind the store * put store in * set store by * storage * storebought * storefront * storehouse * storekeeper * storeroomVerb
(stor)citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}