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

  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.

  1. 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.

  2. Pole as a noun (angling):

    A type of basic fishing rod.

  3. 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.

  4. Pole as a noun (slang, spotting):

    A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.

  5. Pole as a noun (historical):

    A unit of length, equal to a perch (¼ chain or 5½ yards).

  6. Pole as a noun (motor racing):

    Pole position.

  7. Pole as a noun (US, rap music, slang):

    A gun.

  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  3. Pole as a verb (transitive):

    To furnish with poles for support.

    Examples:

    "to pole beans or hops"

  4. Pole as a verb (transitive):

    To convey on poles.

    Examples:

    "to pole hay into a barn"

  5. Pole as a verb (transitive):

    To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.

  1. 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.

  2. Pole as a noun:

    A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).

  3. Pole as a noun (geometry):

    A fixed point relative to other points or lines.

  4. Pole as a noun (electricity):

    A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.

  5. 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>."

  6. Pole as a noun (obsolete):

    The firmament; the sky.

  7. Pole as a noun:

    Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.

  1. Pole as a verb (transitive):

    To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.