The difference between Base and Station
When used as nouns, base means a supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object, whereas station means the fact of standing still.
When used as verbs, base means to give as its foundation or starting point, whereas station means to put in place to perform a task.
Base is also adjective with the meaning: low in height.
check bellow for the other definitions of Base and Station
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Base as a noun:
Something from which other things extend; a foundation. A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
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Base as a noun:
The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
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Base as a noun:
A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
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Base as a noun:
The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
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Base as a noun (cooking, painting, pharmacy):
A basic but essential component or ingredient.
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Base as a noun:
A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
Examples:
"rfquotek Ure"
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Base as a noun (cosmetics):
Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
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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.
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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.
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Base as a noun (architecture):
The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
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Base as a noun (biology, biochemistry):
A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
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Base as a noun (botany):
The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
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Base as a noun (electronics):
The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
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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.
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Base as a noun (heraldiccharge):
The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon.
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Base as a noun (heraldry):
The lower part of the field. See .
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Base as a noun (mathematics):
A number raised to the power of an exponent.
Examples:
"The logarithm to base 2 of 8 is 3."
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Base as a noun (mathematics):
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Base as a noun (topology):
The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
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Base as a noun (topology):
A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
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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.
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Base as a noun (linguistics):
A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
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Base as a noun (music):
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Base as a noun (military, historical):
The smallest kind of cannon.
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Base as a noun (archaic):
The housing of a horse.
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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.
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Base as a noun (obsolete):
The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
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Base as a noun (obsolete):
An apron.
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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.
Examples:
"rfquotek Lyman"
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Base as a verb (transitive):
To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
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Base as a verb (transitive):
To be located (at a particular place).
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Base as a verb (acrobatics, cheerleading):
To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
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Base as an adjective (obsolete):
Low in height; short.
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Base as an adjective:
Low in place or position.
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Base as an adjective (obsolete):
Of low value or degree.
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Base as an adjective (archaic):
Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
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Base as an adjective:
Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
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Base as an adjective (now, rare):
Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
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Base as an adjective:
Designating those metals which are not classed as or .
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Base as an adjective:
Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
Examples:
"'base coin"
"'base bullion"
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Base as an adjective (obsolete):
Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
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Base as an adjective:
Not classical or correct.
Examples:
"'base Latin"
"rfquotek Fuller"
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Base as an adjective:
Examples:
"the base tone of a violin"
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Base as an adjective (legal):
Not held by honourable service.
Examples:
"A base estate is one held by services not honourable, or held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant is a base tenant."
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Base as a noun (now, chiefly, US, historical):
The game of prisoners' bars.
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Station as a noun (obsolete):
The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.
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Station as a noun (astronomy):
The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.
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Station as a noun (US):
A stopping place. A regular stopping place for ground transportation. A ground transportation depot. A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay. A gas station, service station.
Examples:
"The next station is Esperanza."
"It's right across from the bus station."
"From my station at the front door, I greeted every visitor."
"All ships are on station, Admiral."
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Station as a noun (Australia, New Zealand):
A place where workers are stationed. An official building from which police or firefighters operate. A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task. A military base. A place used for broadcasting radio or television. A very large sheep or cattle farm.
Examples:
"The police station is opposite the fire station."
"The waitress was at her station preparing three checks."
" The station is part of a group of stations run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. [[File:The station is part of a group of stations.ogg]]"
"She had a boyfriend at the station."
"I used to work at a radio station."
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Station as a noun:
One of the Stations of the Cross.
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Station as a noun:
The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
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Station as a noun:
A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
Examples:
"rfquotek Addis & Arnold"
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Station as a noun:
Standing; rank; position.
Examples:
"She had ambitions beyond her station."
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Station as a noun:
A broadcasting entity.
Examples:
"I used to listen to that radio station."
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Station as a noun (Newfoundland):
A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
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Station as a noun (surveying):
Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
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Station as a noun:
The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
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Station as a noun (mining):
An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
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Station as a noun:
Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
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Station as a noun (medicine):
The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.
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Station as a verb:
To put in place to perform a task.
Examples:
"The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors."
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Station as a verb:
To put in place to perform military duty.
Examples:
"They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out."