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
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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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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.
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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.
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Tower as a noun:
A water tower.
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Tower as a noun:
A control tower.
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Tower as a noun:
Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper.
Examples:
"The [[wikipedia:Sears Tower Sears Tower]]"
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Tower as a noun (figuratively):
Any item, such as a computer case, that is usually higher than it is wide.
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Tower as a noun (informal):
An interlocking tower.
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Tower as a noun (figurative):
A strong refuge; a defence.
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Tower as a noun (historical):
A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.
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Tower as a noun (obsolete):
High flight; elevation.
Examples:
"rfquotek Johnson"
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Tower as a noun:
The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.
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Tower as a noun (cartomancy):
The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.
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Tower as a verb (intransitive):
To be very tall.
Examples:
"The office block towered into the sky."
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Tower as a verb (intransitive):
To be high or lofty; to soar.
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Tower as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To soar into.
Examples:
"rfquotek Milton"
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Tower as a noun:
One who tows.