socket

As nouns the difference between socket and bulb

is that socket is (mechanics) an opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (eg a light bulb socket ) while bulb is any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.

As verbs the difference between socket and bulb

is that socket is to place or fit in a socket while bulb is to take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

As nouns the difference between socket and ratchet

is that socket is (mechanics) an opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (eg a light bulb socket ) while ratchet is a pawl, click or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.

As verbs the difference between socket and ratchet

is that socket is to place or fit in a socket while ratchet is to cause to become incremented or decremented.

As an adjective ratchet is

(us|slang) ghetto (unseemly and indecorous).

As a proper noun soar

is (label) a river in england tributary to the trent.

As a noun socket is

(mechanics) an opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (eg a light bulb socket ).

As a verb socket is

to place or fit in a socket.

As nouns the difference between socket and contact

is that socket is (mechanics) an opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (eg a light bulb socket ) while contact is the act of touching physically; being in close association.

As verbs the difference between socket and contact

is that socket is to place or fit in a socket while contact is to touch; to come into physical contact with.

As nouns the difference between groove and socket

is that groove is a long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tyre groove, or a geological channel or depression while socket is an opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).

As verbs the difference between groove and socket

is that groove is to cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow while socket is to place or fit in a socket.

In computing terms the difference between socket and slot

is that socket is a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication 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 socket and slot

is that socket is an opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket) while slot is a broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.

As verbs the difference between socket and slot

is that socket is to place or fit in a socket while slot is to bolt or lock a door or window.

As nouns the difference between bushing and socket

is that bushing is (mechanical engineering) a type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge while socket is (mechanics) an opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (eg a light bulb socket ).

As a verb socket is

to place or fit in a socket.

As nouns the difference between socket and jack

is that socket is an opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket) while jack is a mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, e.g. screw jack, scissor jack, hydraulic jack, ratchet jack, scaffold jack.

As verbs the difference between socket and jack

is that socket is to place or fit in a socket while jack is to use a jack.

As a proper noun Jack is

a given name derived from Hebrew, also used as a pet form of John.