The difference between Mast and Pole
When used as nouns, 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, whereas pole means originally, a stick.
When used as verbs, mast means to supply and fit a mast to a ship, whereas pole means to propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
check bellow for the other definitions of Mast and Pole
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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.
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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.
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Mast as a verb:
To supply and fit a mast to a ship
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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.
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Mast as a verb (of swine and other animals):
To feed on forest seed or fruit.
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Mast as a verb (agriculture, forestry, ecology, of a population of plants):
To vary fruit and seed production in multi-year cycles.
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Pole as a noun:
Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
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Pole as a noun (angling):
A type of basic fishing rod.
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Pole as a noun:
A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
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Pole as a noun (slang, spotting):
A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
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Pole as a noun (historical):
A unit of length, equal to a perch (¼ chain or 5½ yards).
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Pole as a noun (motor racing):
Pole position.
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Pole as a noun (US, rap music, slang):
A gun.
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Pole as a verb:
To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
Examples:
"Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work."
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Pole as a verb:
To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
Examples:
"He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity."
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Pole as a verb (transitive):
To furnish with poles for support.
Examples:
"to pole beans or hops"
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Pole as a verb (transitive):
To convey on poles.
Examples:
"to pole hay into a barn"
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Pole as a verb (transitive):
To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
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Pole as a noun:
Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
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Pole as a noun:
A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
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Pole as a noun (geometry):
A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
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Pole as a noun (electricity):
A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
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Pole as a noun (complex analysis):
For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z) \rightarrow \infty as z \rightarrow a.
Examples:
"The function <math>f(z) = \frac{1}{z-3}</math> has a single pole at <math>z = 3</math>."
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Pole as a noun (obsolete):
The firmament; the sky.
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Pole as a noun:
Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
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Pole as a verb (transitive):
To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.