The difference between Block and Hole
When used as nouns, block means a substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance, whereas hole means a hollow place or cavity.
When used as verbs, block means to fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass, whereas hole means to make holes in (an object or surface).
check bellow for the other definitions of Block and Hole
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Block as a noun:
A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
Examples:
"a block of ice"
"a block of stone"
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Block as a noun:
A chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
Examples:
"Anne Boleyn placed her head on the block and awaited her execution."
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Block as a noun:
A group of urban lots of property, several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
Examples:
"I'm going for a walk around the block."
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Block as a noun:
A residential building consisting of flats.
Examples:
"a block of flats"
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Block as a noun:
The distance from one street to another in a city that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
Examples:
"The place you are looking for is two long blocks east and one short block north."
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Block as a noun:
Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
Examples:
"a [[mental]] block"
"[[writer's block]]"
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Block as a noun (slang):
The human head.
Examples:
"I'll knock your block off!"
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Block as a noun:
A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
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Block as a noun:
A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
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Block as a noun:
A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end.
Examples:
"a block of 100 tickets"
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Block as a noun (computing):
A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
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Block as a noun (programming):
A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
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Block as a noun (cryptography):
A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
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Block as a noun (rigging):
A case with one or more sheaves/pulleys, used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example, as part of the rigging of a sailing ship.
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Block as a noun (chemistry):
A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
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Block as a noun:
Something that prevents something from passing.
Examples:
"synonyms barrier blockage obstruction"
"There's a block in the pipe that means the water can't get through."
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Block as a noun (sports):
An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
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Block as a noun (cricket):
A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
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Block as a noun (volleyball):
A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter's court.
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Block as a noun (philately):
A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
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Block as a noun:
A section of split logs used as fuel.
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Block as a noun (UK):
Solitary confinement.
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Block as a noun:
A cellblock.
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Block as a noun (falconry):
The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
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Block as a noun (printing, dated):
A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.
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Block as a noun (obsolete):
A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.
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Block as a noun (rail):
A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
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Block as a noun (cricket):
The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
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Block as a noun (cricket):
A blockhole.
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Block as a noun (cricket):
The popping crease.
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Block as a verb (transitive):
To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
Examples:
"The pipe is blocked."
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Block as a verb (transitive):
To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
Examples:
"You're blocking the road – I can't get through."
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Block as a verb (transitive):
To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
Examples:
"His plan to take over the business was blocked by the boss."
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Block as a verb (transitive, sports):
To impede an opponent.
Examples:
"He blocked the basketball player's shot."
"The offensive linemen tried to block the blitz."
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Block as a verb (transitive, theater):
To specify the positions and movements of the actors.
Examples:
"It was very difficult to block this scene convincingly."
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Block as a verb (transitive, cricket):
To hit with a block.
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Block as a verb (intransitive, cricket):
To play a block shot.
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Block as a verb (transitive):
To disable communication via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with an undesirable someone.
Examples:
"I tried to send you a message, but you've blocked me!"
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Block as a verb (computing, intransitive):
To wait.
Examples:
"When the condition expression is false, the thread blocks on the condition variable."
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Block as a verb (transitive):
To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
Examples:
"I blocked the mittens by wetting them and pinning them to a shaped piece of cardboard."
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Block as a verb (transitive):
To shape or sketch out roughly.
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Block as a noun:
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Hole as a noun:
A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure. An opening in a solid.
Examples:
"There’s a hole in my shoe.  nowrap Her stocking has a hole in it."
"There’s a hole in my bucket."
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Hole as a noun:
In games. A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass. The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes. The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman. A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in future, control with a friendly pawn. A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is. In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
Examples:
"I played 18 holes yesterday.  nowrap The second hole today cost me three strokes over par."
"The shortstop ranged deep into the hole to make the stop."
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Hole as a noun (archaeology, slang):
An excavation pit or trench.
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Hole as a noun (figuratively):
A weakness, a flaw
Examples:
"I have found a hole in your argument."
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Hole as a noun (informal):
A container or receptacle.
Examples:
"car hole;  brain hole'"
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Hole as a noun (physics):
In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
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Hole as a noun (computing):
A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
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Hole as a noun (slang anatomy):
An orifice, in particular the anus. When used with shut it always refers to the mouth.
Examples:
"Just shut your hole!"
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Hole as a noun (Ireland, Scotland, particularly in the phrase "get one's hole"):
Sex, or a sex partner.
Examples:
"Are you going out to get your hole tonight?"
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Hole as a noun (informal, with "the"):
Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
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Hole as a noun (slang):
An undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel.
Examples:
"His apartment is a hole!"
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Hole as a noun (figurative):
Difficulty, in particular, debt.
Examples:
"If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging."
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Hole as a noun (graph theory):
A chordless cycle in a graph.
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Hole as a verb (transitive):
To make holes in (an object or surface).
Examples:
"Shrapnel holed the ship's hull."
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Hole as a verb (transitive, by extension):
To destroy.
Examples:
"She completely holed the argument."
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Hole as a verb (intransitive):
To go into a hole.
Examples:
"rfquotek Ben Jonson"
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Hole as a verb (transitive):
To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
Examples:
"Woods holed a standard three foot putt"
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Hole as a verb (transitive):
To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
Examples:
"to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars"
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Hole as a verb:
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Hole as an adjective:
Examples:
"Such was the arrangement of the alphabet over the hole North"