The difference between Mast and Tower

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 tower means a very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed.

When used as verbs, mast means to supply and fit a mast to a ship, whereas tower means to be very tall.


check bellow for the other definitions of Mast and Tower

  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. Tower as a noun:

    A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast.

  2. Tower as a noun:

    A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc.

  3. Tower as a noun:

    A water tower.

  4. Tower as a noun:

    A control tower.

  5. Tower as a noun:

    Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper.

    Examples:

    "The [[wikipedia:Sears Tower Sears Tower]]"

  6. Tower as a noun (figuratively):

    Any item, such as a computer case, that is usually higher than it is wide.

  7. Tower as a noun (informal):

    An interlocking tower.

  8. Tower as a noun (figurative):

    A strong refuge; a defence.

  9. Tower as a noun (historical):

    A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.

  10. Tower as a noun (obsolete):

    High flight; elevation.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Johnson"

  11. Tower as a noun:

    The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.

  12. Tower as a noun (cartomancy):

    The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.

  1. Tower as a verb (intransitive):

    To be very tall.

    Examples:

    "The office block towered into the sky."

  2. Tower as a verb (intransitive):

    To be high or lofty; to soar.

  3. Tower as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To soar into.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Milton"

  1. Tower as a noun:

    One who tows.