The difference between Box and Punch

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.

Punch as a noun (countable):

A hit or strike with one's fist.

Punch as a noun (uncountable):

Power, strength, energy.

Punch as a noun (uncountable):

Impact.

Punch as a noun (uncountable):

A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) causing a video game character to punch.

Punch as a verb (transitive):

To strike with one's fist.

Punch as a verb (transitive, of cattle):

To herd.

Punch as a verb (transitive):

To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.

Punch as a verb (transitive):

To enter (information) on a device or system.

Punch as a verb (transitive):

To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.

Punch as a verb (transitive):

To make holes in something

Punch as a verb:

To thrust against; to poke.

Punch as a noun (countable):

A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.

Punch as a noun (countable):

A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.

Punch as a noun (countable):

A hole or opening created with a punch.

Punch as a noun (piledriving):

An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.

Punch as a noun:

A prop, as for the roof of a mine.

Punch as a verb:

To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.

Punch as a verb:

To mark a ticket.

Punch as a noun:

A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.