The difference between Farm and Station
When used as nouns, farm means a place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock, whereas station means the fact of standing still.
When used as verbs, farm means to work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops, whereas station means to put in place to perform a task.
check bellow for the other definitions of Farm and Station
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Farm as a noun:
A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
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Farm as a noun:
A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.
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Farm as a noun (usually, in combination):
A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures
Examples:
"fuel farm'"
"wind farm'"
"antenna farm'"
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Farm as a noun (computing):
A group of coordinated servers.
Examples:
"a render farm'"
"a server farm'"
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Farm as a noun (obsolete):
Food; provisions; a meal.
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Farm as a noun (obsolete):
A banquet; feast.
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Farm as a noun (obsolete):
A fixed yearly amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable as rent or tax.
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Farm as a noun (historical):
A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.
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Farm as a noun (historical):
The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer'; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
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Farm as a noun:
The body of farmers of public revenues.
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Farm as a noun:
The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease.
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Farm as a verb (intransitive):
To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
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Farm as a verb (transitive):
To devote (land) to farming.
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Farm as a verb (transitive):
To grow (a particular crop).
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Farm as a verb:
To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out.
Examples:
"to farm the taxes"
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Farm as a verb (obsolete):
To lease or let for an equivalent, e.g. land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.
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Farm as a verb (obsolete):
To take at a certain rent or rate.
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Farm as a verb (video games, chiefly, online gaming):
To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item.
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Farm as a verb (UK, dialectal):
To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out
Examples:
"Farm out the stable and pigsty."
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Station as a noun (obsolete):
The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.
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Station as a noun (astronomy):
The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.
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Station as a noun (US):
A stopping place. A regular stopping place for ground transportation. A ground transportation depot. A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay. A gas station, service station.
Examples:
"The next station is Esperanza."
"It's right across from the bus station."
"From my station at the front door, I greeted every visitor."
"All ships are on station, Admiral."
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Station as a noun (Australia, New Zealand):
A place where workers are stationed. An official building from which police or firefighters operate. A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task. A military base. A place used for broadcasting radio or television. A very large sheep or cattle farm.
Examples:
"The police station is opposite the fire station."
"The waitress was at her station preparing three checks."
" The station is part of a group of stations run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. [[File:The station is part of a group of stations.ogg]]"
"She had a boyfriend at the station."
"I used to work at a radio station."
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Station as a noun:
One of the Stations of the Cross.
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Station as a noun:
The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
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Station as a noun:
A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
Examples:
"rfquotek Addis & Arnold"
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Station as a noun:
Standing; rank; position.
Examples:
"She had ambitions beyond her station."
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Station as a noun:
A broadcasting entity.
Examples:
"I used to listen to that radio station."
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Station as a noun (Newfoundland):
A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
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Station as a noun (surveying):
Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
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Station as a noun:
The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
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Station as a noun (mining):
An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
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Station as a noun:
Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
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Station as a noun (medicine):
The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.
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Station as a verb:
To put in place to perform a task.
Examples:
"The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors."
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Station as a verb:
To put in place to perform military duty.
Examples:
"They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out."