The difference between Chair and Table
When used as nouns, chair means an item of furniture used to sit on or in comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench, whereas table means an item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
When used as verbs, chair means to act as chairperson at, whereas table means to tabulate.
check bellow for the other definitions of Chair and Table
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Chair as a noun:
An item of furniture used to sit on or in comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
Examples:
"All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair."
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Chair as a noun:
Examples:
"Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions."
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Chair as a noun (music):
The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
Examples:
"My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops."
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Chair as a noun (rail transport):
An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.
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Chair as a noun (chemistry):
One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
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Chair as a noun (slang, with ''the''):
Examples:
"He killed a cop: he's going to get the chair."
"The court will show no mercy; if he gets convicted, it's the chair for him."
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Chair as a noun:
A distinguished professorship at a university.
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Chair as a noun:
A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
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Chair as a verb (transitive):
To act as chairperson at; to preside over.
Examples:
"Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting."
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Chair as a verb (transitive):
To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
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Chair as a verb (transitive, Wales, UK):
To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
Examples:
"The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod."
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Table as a noun (poker, metonym):
Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs. A flat tray which can be used as a table. The lineup of players at a given table. A group of people at a table, for example for a meal or game. A service of Holy Communion.
Examples:
"That's the strongest table I've ever seen at a European Poker Tour event"
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Table as a noun (computing, chiefly, databases):
A two-dimensional presentation of data. A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns. A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table. A lookup table, most often a set of vectors. A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
Examples:
"The children were practising multiplication tables."
"Don’t you know your tables?"
"Here is a table of natural logarithms."
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Table as a noun (musical instruments):
The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
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Table as a noun (backgammon):
One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
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Table as a noun:
The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
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Table as a verb:
To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
Examples:
"to table fines"
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Table as a verb (now, rare):
To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed.
Examples:
"rfquotek Milton"
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Table as a verb (obsolete):
To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict.
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Table as a verb (non-US):
To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.
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Table as a verb (chiefly, US):
To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve .
Examples:
"The legislature tabled the amendment, so they will not be discussing it until later."
"The [[motion]] was tabled, ensuring that it would not be taken up until a later date."
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Table as a verb (carpentry, obsolete):
To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks.
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Table as a verb:
To put on a table.
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Table as a verb (nautical):
To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.