The difference between Cover and Top

When used as nouns, cover means a lid, whereas top means (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top.

When used as verbs, cover means to place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect, whereas top means to cover on the top or with a top.

When used as adjectives, cover means of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine, whereas top means situated on the top of something.

Top is also adverb with the meaning: rated first.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cover and Top

  1. Cover as a noun:

    A lid.

  2. Cover as a noun (uncountable):

    Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.

    Examples:

    "The soldiers took cover behind a ruined building."

  3. Cover as a noun:

    The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.

  4. Cover as a noun:

    The top sheet of a bed.

  5. Cover as a noun:

    A cloth, usually fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa to protect it from dust, rain, etc. when not in use.

  6. Cover as a noun:

    A cover charge.

    Examples:

    "There's a $15 cover tonight."

  7. Cover as a noun:

    A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.

    Examples:

    "We need to set another cover for the Smith party."

  8. Cover as a noun (music):

    A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.

  9. Cover as a noun (cricket):

    A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30 forward of square; a fielder in this position.

  10. Cover as a noun (topology):

    A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.

    Examples:

    "The open intervals are a cover for the real numbers."

  11. Cover as a noun (philately):

    An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.

  12. Cover as a noun (military):

    A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.

  13. Cover as a noun (legal):

    In commercial law, a buyer's purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.

  14. Cover as a noun (insurance):

    An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.

  15. Cover as a noun (espionage):

    A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.

  16. Cover as a noun (dated):

    A swindler's confederate.

  17. Cover as a noun:

    The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  18. Cover as a noun:

    In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.

  19. Cover as a noun (construction):

    The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.

  1. Cover as an adjective:

    Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.

  2. Cover as an adjective (music):

    Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.

  1. Cover as a verb (transitive):

    To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.

    Examples:

    "He covered the baby with a blanket."

    "When the pot comes to a boil, cover it and reduce the heat to medium."

  2. Cover as a verb (transitive):

    To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.

    Examples:

    "The blanket covered the baby."

  3. Cover as a verb (transitive):

    To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.

    Examples:

    "Regular hexagons can cover the plane."

  4. Cover as a verb (transitive):

    To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.

    Examples:

    "You can cover the plane with regular hexagons."

  5. Cover as a verb (transitive):

    To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).

    Examples:

    "The heroic soldier covered himself with glory."

  6. Cover as a verb (of a publication):

    To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.

    Examples:

    "The magazine covers such diverse topics as politics, news from the world of science, and the economy."

  7. Cover as a verb:

    To deal with or include someone or something.

  8. Cover as a verb:

    To be enough money for.

    Examples:

    "We've earned enough to cover most of our costs."

    "Ten dollars should cover lunch."

  9. Cover as a verb (intransitive):

    To act as a replacement.

    Examples:

    "I need to take off Tuesday. Can you cover for me?"

  10. Cover as a verb (transitive):

    To have as an assignment or responsibility.

    Examples:

    "Can you cover the morning shift tomorrow? I'll give you off next Monday instead."

    "He is our salesman covering companies with headquarters in the northern provinces."

  11. Cover as a verb (music):

    To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).

  12. Cover as a verb (military, law enforcement):

    To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.

  13. Cover as a verb:

    To provide insurance coverage for.

    Examples:

    "Does my policy cover accidental loss?"

  14. Cover as a verb:

    To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).

    Examples:

    "I would like to have my bitch covered next spring."

    "The stallion has not covered the mare yet."

  15. Cover as a verb (chess, transitive):

    To protect or control (a piece or square).

    Examples:

    "In order to checkmate a king on the side of the board, the five squares adjacent to the king must all be covered."

  16. Cover as a verb:

    To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.

  17. Cover as a verb (sports):

    To defend a particular player or area.

  1. Top as a noun (nautical):

    The highest or uppermost part of something. (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top. The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc. A lid, cap or cover of a container. A garment worn to cover the torso. A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached. The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats. The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.

    Examples:

    "His kite got caught at the top of the tree."

    "We flipped the machine onto its top."

    "Further weather information can be found at the top of your television screen.  nowrap Headings appear at the tops of pages."

    "Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad."

    "I bought this top as it matches my jeans."

  2. Top as a noun:

    A child's spinning toy; a spinning top.

    Examples:

    "The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin."

  3. Top as a noun:

    Someone who is eminent. The chief person; the most prominent one. The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.

    Examples:

    "to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school"

  4. Top as a noun (BDSM):

    A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.

  5. Top as a noun (LGBT, slang):

    A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.

    Examples:

    "I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom."

  6. Top as a noun (physics):

    A top quark.

  7. Top as a noun:

    The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.

  8. Top as a noun (ropemaking):

    A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.

  9. Top as a noun (sound):

    Highest pitch or loudest volume.

    Examples:

    "She sang at the top of her voice."

  10. Top as a noun (wool manufacture):

    A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.

  11. Top as a noun (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase ''[[on top of]]''):

    Eve; verge; point.

  12. Top as a noun:

    The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  13. Top as a noun (in the plural, slang, dated):

    Topboots.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Charles Dickens"

  14. Top as a noun (golf):

    A stroke on the top of the ball.

  15. Top as a noun (golf):

    A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.

  16. Top as a noun (in restaurants, preceded by a number):

    (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.

  1. Top as a verb:

    To cover on the top or with a top.

    Examples:

    "I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce."

  2. Top as a verb:

    To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)

    Examples:

    "I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair."

    "Top and tail the carrots."

  3. Top as a verb:

    To excel, to surpass, to beat.

    Examples:

    "Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar."

  4. Top as a verb:

    To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).

    Examples:

    "Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s."

  5. Top as a verb (British, slang):

    To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.

    Examples:

    "Depression causes many people to top themselves."

  6. Top as a verb (BDSM):

    To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.

    Examples:

    "I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping."

    "Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom"."

  7. Top as a verb (slang, gay sexuality, intransitive):

    To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.

  8. Top as a verb (slang, gay sexuality, transitive):

    To anally penetrate.

  9. Top as a verb (archaic):

    To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.

    Examples:

    "lofty ridges and topping mountains"

    "rfquotek Derham"

  10. Top as a verb (archaic):

    To predominate.

    Examples:

    "topping passions"

  11. Top as a verb (archaic):

    To excel; to rise above others.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  12. Top as a verb (nautical):

    To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.

  13. Top as a verb (dyeing):

    To cover with another dye.

    Examples:

    "to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening"

  14. Top as a verb:

    To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).

  15. Top as a verb (slang, dated):

    To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.

  16. Top as a verb (of a horse):

    To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.

  17. Top as a verb:

    To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.

  18. Top as a verb:

    To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.

  19. Top as a verb (golf):

    To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.

  1. Top as an adjective:

    Situated on the top of something.

  2. Top as an adjective (informal):

    Best; of the highest quality or rank.

    Examples:

    "She's in the top dance school."

  3. Top as an adjective (informal):

    Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.

    Examples:

    "He's a top lawyer."

    "That is a top car."

  1. Top as an adverb:

    Rated first.

    Examples:

    "She came top in her French exam."

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