The difference between Foretop and Mast

When used as nouns, foretop means the top of the head, whereas mast means a tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, the sails on a ship, flags, floodlights, or communications equipment such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires.


Mast is also verb with the meaning: to supply and fit a mast to a ship.

check bellow for the other definitions of Foretop and Mast

  1. Foretop as a noun (obsolete):

    The top of the head; the top of the forehead.

  2. Foretop as a noun (obsolete):

    The lock of hair which grows on top of the forehead; the corresponding part of a wig.

  3. Foretop as a noun (obsolete):

    In the phrase, to take time (or occasion or opportunity) by the foretop, meaning "to boldly seize an opportunity".

  4. Foretop as a noun (obsolete):

    A fop; one who sports a foretop.

  5. Foretop as a noun (UK, _, dialectal):

    An erect tuft of hair.

  6. Foretop as a noun:

    The forelock of a horse.

  7. Foretop as a noun (nautical):

    A platform at the top of the foremast, supported by the trestle trees.

  8. Foretop as a noun:

    The front seat at the top of a horse-drawn vehicle.

  1. Mast as a noun:

    A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, the sails on a ship, flags, floodlights, or communications equipment such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires.

  2. Mast as a noun (naval):

    A non-judicial punishment ("NJP") disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command.

  1. Mast as a verb:

    To supply and fit a mast to a ship

  1. Mast as a noun:

    The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, etc.), especially if having fallen from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals.

  1. Mast as a verb (of swine and other animals):

    To feed on forest seed or fruit.

  2. Mast as a verb (agriculture, forestry, ecology, of a population of plants):

    To vary fruit and seed production in multi-year cycles.