The difference between Bait and Toll

When used as nouns, bait means any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net, whereas toll means loss or damage incurred through a disaster.

When used as verbs, bait means to attract with bait, whereas toll means to impose a fee for the use of.

Bait is also adjective with the meaning: obvious.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bait and Toll

  1. Bait as a noun:

    Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.

  2. Bait as a noun:

    Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.

  3. Bait as a noun (Internet slang):

    Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something A trolling Internet publication.

  4. Bait as a noun (Geordie):

    A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment. A packed lunch A small meal taken mid-morning while farming A miner's packed meal.

  5. Bait as a noun:

    A light or hasty luncheon.

  1. Bait as a verb (transitive):

    To attract with bait; to entice.

  2. Bait as a verb (transitive):

    To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.

  1. Bait as a verb (transitive):

    To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.

    Examples:

    "to bait a bear with dogs;  to bait a bull"

  2. Bait as a verb (transitive):

    To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.

  3. Bait as a verb (transitive, now, _, rare):

    To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.

  4. Bait as a verb (intransitive):

    (of a horse or other animal) To take food, especially during a journey.

  5. Bait as a verb (intransitive):

    (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.

  1. Bait as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.

  1. Bait as an adjective (MLE):

    Obvious; blatant.

  2. Bait as an adjective (MLE):

    Well-known; famous; renowned.

  1. Toll as a noun:

    Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.

    Examples:

    "The war has taken its toll on the people."

  2. Toll as a noun:

    A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.

  3. Toll as a noun (business):

    A fee for using any kind of material processing service.

    Examples:

    "We can handle on a toll basis your needs for spray drying, repackaging, crushing and grinding, and dry blending."

  4. Toll as a noun (US):

    A tollbooth.

    Examples:

    "We will be replacing some manned tolls with high-speed device readers."

  5. Toll as a noun (UK, legal, obsolete):

    A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.

  6. Toll as a noun:

    A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.

  1. Toll as a verb (transitive):

    To impose a fee for the use of.

    Examples:

    "Once more it is proposed to toll the East River bridges."

  2. Toll as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To levy a toll on (someone or something).

  3. Toll as a verb (transitive):

    To take as a toll.

  4. Toll as a verb:

    To pay a toll or tallage.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  1. Toll as a noun:

    The act or sound of tolling

  1. Toll as a verb (ergative):

    To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.

    Examples:

    "Martin tolled the great bell every day."

    "Ask not for whom the bell tolls."

  2. Toll as a verb (transitive):

    To summon by ringing a bell.

    Examples:

    "The ringer tolled the workers back from the fields for vespers."

  3. Toll as a verb (transitive):

    To announce by tolling.

    Examples:

    "The bells tolled the King’s death."

  1. Toll as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To draw; pull; tug; drag.

  2. Toll as a verb (transitive):

    To tear in pieces.

  3. Toll as a verb (transitive):

    To draw; entice; invite; allure.

    Examples:

    "Hou many virgins shal she tolle and drawe to þe Lord - "Life of Our Lady"

  4. Toll as a verb (transitive):

    To lure with bait (especially, fish and animals).

  1. Toll as a verb (legal, obsolete):

    To take away; to vacate; to annul.

  2. Toll as a verb (legal):

    To suspend.

    Examples:

    "The [[statute of limitations]] [[defense]] was tolled as a result of the [[defendant defendant’s]] wrongful [[conduct]]."

  1. Toll as a verb (AAVE):

    Examples:

    "I done toll you for the last time."

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