The difference between Box and Field

Box as a noun (figuratively):

A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid. A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container. A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc. A compartment or receptacle for receiving items. # A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements. #* ,|date=1 December 1924|volume=XXIX|issue=6|page=618|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=gz5LAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA618|column=2|oclc=58938924|passage=Add five words for address if replies are to come to a box number address at any of our offices. These replies are forwarded each day as received, in new envelopes at no extra charge. When replying to blind ads be careful to put on your envelope the correct box number and do not enclose original letters of recommendation—send copies.}} A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre or other building. The driver's seat on a horse-drawn coach. A small rectangular shelter; a booth. A predicament or trap. A coffin. Preceded by : television. The vagina. A computer, or the case in which it is housed. A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder. A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a , etc. A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits. A small country house.

Box as a noun (baseball):

A rectangle: an oblong or a square. The rectangle in which the batter stands. One of two specific regions in a promoter. A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape. The penalty area.

Box as a verb (transitive):

To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.

Box as a verb (transitive):

Usually followed by : to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.

Box as a verb (transitive):

To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.

Box as a verb (transitive, agriculture):

To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.

Box as a verb (transitive, architecture):

To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.

Box as a verb (transitive, engineering):

To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.

Box as a verb (transitive, graphic design, printing):

To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.

Box as a verb (transitive, object-oriented programming):

To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.

Box as a noun:

Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus , especially the common box, , or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.

Box as a noun:

The wood from a box tree: boxwood.

Box as a noun (musical instrument, slang):

A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.

Box as a noun (Australia):

An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, the , , , pink box, or , ).

Box as a noun:

A blow with the fist.

Box as a verb (transitive):

To strike with the fists; to punch.

Box as a verb (transitive, boxing):

To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.

Box as a verb (intransitive, boxing):

To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.

Box as a noun (dated):

A Mediterranean food fish of the genus , which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye.

Field as a noun (usually, plural):

A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country. The open country near or belonging to a town or city. # An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.

Field as a noun (geology):

A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals. A region containing a particular mineral.

Field as a noun (baseball, obsolete):

A place where competitive matches are carried out. A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield. An area reserved for playing a game or race with one's physical force. # The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by the other team (the bat). # The outfield. A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, playing field, in a boardgame or in a computer game. A competitive situation, circumstances in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals. All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.

Field as a noun (physics):

A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity. # The extent of a given perception. # A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory. # A domain of study, knowledge or practice. #* {{quote-journal|lang=en|date=2013-05-10|author=Audrey Garric |volume=188|issue=22|page=30|magazine= |title=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/04/paris-green-roofs-building-climate-environment Urban canopies let nature bloom] |passage=As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.}} # An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement. #* |title=The History Of England From the Accession of James II|volume=1|chapter=IV|year=1848|passage=Penn was without doubt a man of eminent virtues. He had a strong sense of religious duty and a fervent desire to promote the happiness of mankind. On one or two points of high importance, he had notions more correct than were, in his day, common even among men of enlarged minds: and as the proprietor and legislator of a province which, being almost uninhabited when it came into his possession, afforded a clear field for moral experiments, he had the rare good fortune of being able to carry his theories into practice without any compromise, and yet without any shock to existing institutions.}} #* |title=The Way We Live Now|year=1875|section=Chap. II|passage=Tidings had reached her of this and the other man's success, and,—coming near to her still,—of this and that other woman's earnings in literature. And it had seemed to her that, within moderate limits, she might give a wide field to her hopes.}} # A commutative ring satisfying the field axioms. A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of symbols. # The background of the shield. # The background of the flag. # A concrete section in a form which is supposed to be filled with data. #* [https://www.w3schools.com/php/php_form_required.asp PHP 5 Forms Required Fields] at W3Schools #*: From the validation rules table on the previous page, we see that the "Name", "E-mail", and "Gender" fields are required. These fields cannot be empty and must be filled out in the HTML form. # A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored. ## An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.

Field as a verb (transitive, sports):

To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.

Field as a verb (baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports):

To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.

Field as a verb (transitive, sports):

To place a team in (a game).

Field as a verb (transitive):

To answer; to address.

Field as a verb (transitive):

To defeat.

Field as a verb (transitive):

To execute research (in the field).

Field as a verb (transitive, military):

To deploy in the field.