The difference between Address and Pointer
When used as nouns, address means direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed, whereas pointer means anything that points or is used for pointing.
Address is also verb with the meaning: to prepare oneself.
check bellow for the other definitions of Address and Pointer
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Address as a noun:
Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
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Address as a noun:
Act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech.
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Address as a noun:
Manner of speaking to another; delivery.
Examples:
"a man of pleasing or insinuating address'"
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Address as a noun:
Attention in the way one addresses a lady.
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Address as a noun:
Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
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Address as a noun (obsolete):
Act of preparing oneself.
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Address as a noun:
A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number.
Examples:
"the President's address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C."
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Address as a noun (by extension):
The property itself.
Examples:
"I went to his address but there was nobody there"
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Address as a noun (computing):
A location in computer memory.
Examples:
"The program will crash if there is no valid data stored at that address."
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Address as a noun (Internet):
An Internet address; URL.
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Address as a noun:
An email address
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Address as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To prepare oneself.
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Address as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To direct speech.
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Address as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To aim; to direct.
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Address as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To prepare or make ready.
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Address as a verb (transitive, reflexive):
To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
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Address as a verb (reflexive):
To direct one's remarks (to someone).
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Address as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To clothe or array; to dress.
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Address as a verb (transitive):
To direct, as words, to (anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. to (any audience).
Examples:
"He addressed some portions of his remarks to his supporters, some to his opponents."
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Address as a verb (transitive):
To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost.
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Address as a verb (transitive):
To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
Examples:
"He addressed a letter."
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Address as a verb (transitive):
To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
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Address as a verb (transitive):
To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
Examples:
"The ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore."
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Address as a verb (transitive):
To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech or discourse to.
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Address as a verb (transitive, formal):
To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
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Address as a verb (intransitive, computing):
To refer a location in computer memory.
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Address as a verb (golf, transitive):
To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).
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Pointer as a noun:
Anything that points or is used for pointing.
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Pointer as a noun:
A teacher's pointer, pointing stick, a rod with an arrow
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Pointer as a noun:
A needle-like component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.
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Pointer as a noun:
A breed of hunting dog, trained to point out game.
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Pointer as a noun (programming):
A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.
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Pointer as a noun (computing):
An icon that indicates the position of the mouse; a cursor.
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Pointer as a noun (mostly, plural):
A tip, a bit of advice.
Examples:
"The instructor gave me some pointers on writing a good paper."
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Pointer as a noun (in combinations):
Something worth a given number of points.
Examples:
"a ten-pointer"