The difference between Base and Short

Base as a noun:

Something from which other things extend; a foundation. A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.

Base as a noun:

The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.

Base as a noun:

A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.

Base as a noun:

The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.

Base as a noun (cooking, painting, pharmacy):

A basic but essential component or ingredient.

Base as a noun:

A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.

Base as a noun (cosmetics):

Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.

Base as a noun (chemistry):

Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.

Base as a noun (baseball):

Important areas in games and sports. A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek. One of the three places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out.

Base as a noun (architecture):

The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.

Base as a noun (biology, biochemistry):

A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.

Base as a noun (botany):

The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.

Base as a noun (electronics):

The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).

Base as a noun (geometry):

The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.

Base as a noun (heraldiccharge):

The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon.

Base as a noun (heraldry):

The lower part of the field. See .

Base as a noun (mathematics):

A number raised to the power of an exponent.

Base as a noun (mathematics):

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Base as a noun (topology):

The set of sets from which a topology is generated.

Base as a noun (topology):

A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.

Base as a noun (acrobatics, cheerleading):

In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.

Base as a noun (linguistics):

A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.

Base as a noun (music):

Base as a noun (military, historical):

The smallest kind of cannon.

Base as a noun (archaic):

The housing of a horse.

Base as a noun (historical, in the plural):

A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armour) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.

Base as a noun (obsolete):

The lower part of a robe or petticoat.

Base as a noun (obsolete):

An apron.

Base as a noun:

A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.

Base as a verb (transitive):

To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.

Base as a verb (transitive):

To be located (at a particular place).

Base as a verb (acrobatics, cheerleading):

To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.

Base as an adjective (obsolete):

Low in height; short.

Base as an adjective:

Low in place or position.

Base as an adjective (obsolete):

Of low value or degree.

Base as an adjective (archaic):

Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.

Base as an adjective:

Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.

Base as an adjective (now, rare):

Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.

Base as an adjective:

Designating those metals which are not classed as or .

Base as an adjective:

Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.

Base as an adjective (obsolete):

Of illegitimate birth; bastard.

Base as an adjective:

Not classical or correct.

Base as an adjective:

Base as an adjective (legal):

Not held by honourable service.

Base as a noun (now, chiefly, US, historical):

The game of prisoners' bars.

Short as an adjective:

Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

Short as an adjective (of a person):

Of comparatively little height.

Short as an adjective:

Having little duration; opposite of long.

Short as an adjective (followed by '''for'''):

Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).

Short as an adjective (cricket, of a [[fielder]] or fielding [[position]]):

that is relatively close to the batsman.

Short as an adjective (cricket, of a ball):

that bounced relatively far from the batsman.

Short as an adjective (golf, of an approach shot or putt):

that falls short of the green or the hole.

Short as an adjective (of pastries and metals):

Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening.

Short as an adjective:

Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.

Short as an adjective:

Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.

Short as an adjective:

Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.

Short as an adjective:

Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.

Short as an adjective (obsolete):

Not distant in time; near at hand.

Short as an adjective:

Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

Short as an adverb:

Abruptly, curtly, briefly.

Short as an adverb:

Unawares.

Short as an adverb:

Without achieving a goal or requirement.

Short as an adverb (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a [[cricket ball]]):

Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.

Short as an adverb (finance):

With a negative ownership position.

Short as a noun:

A short circuit.

Short as a noun:

A short film.

Short as a noun:

Short as a noun (baseball):

A shortstop.

Short as a noun (finance):

A short seller.

Short as a noun (finance):

A short sale.

Short as a noun:

A summary account.

Short as a noun (phonetics):

A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

Short as a noun (programming):

An having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.

Short as a verb (transitive):

To cause a short circuit in (something).

Short as a verb (intransitive):

Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.

Short as a verb (transitive):

To shortchange.

Short as a verb (transitive):

To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.

Short as a verb (transitive, business):

To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.

Short as a verb (obsolete):

To shorten.

Short as a preposition:

Deficient in.

Short as a preposition (finance):

Having a negative position in.