The difference between Net and Trap
When used as nouns, net means a mesh of string, cord or rope, whereas trap means a machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
When used as verbs, net means to catch by means of a net, whereas trap means to physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
Net is also adverb with the meaning: after expenses or deductions.
Net is also adjective with the meaning: good, desirable.
check bellow for the other definitions of Net and Trap
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Net as a noun:
A mesh of string, cord or rope.
Examples:
"a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net'"
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Net as a noun:
A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
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Net as a noun:
A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
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Net as a noun:
Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
Examples:
"Petri net'"
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Net as a noun (by extension):
A trap.
Examples:
"caught in the prosecuting attorney's net'"
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Net as a noun (geometry):
Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron.
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Net as a noun (electronics):
A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them. A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
Examples:
"a computer network; a road network; an electricity distribution network"
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Net as a noun (sports):
A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
Examples:
"The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0."
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Net as a noun (sports, tennis):
A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
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Net as a noun (tennis, by extension):
The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
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Net as a verb (transitive):
To catch by means of a net.
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Net as a verb (transitive, figuratively):
To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
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Net as a verb:
To enclose or cover with a net.
Examples:
"to net a tree"
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Net as a verb (transitive, football):
To score (a goal).
Examples:
"Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute."
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Net as a verb (tennis):
To hit the ball into the net.
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Net as a verb:
To form network or netting; to knit.
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Net as an adjective (obsolete):
Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
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Net as an adjective:
Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
Examples:
"net wine"
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Net as an adjective:
Remaining after expenses or deductions.
Examples:
"net profit''; ''net weight"
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Net as an adjective:
Final; end.
Examples:
"net result''; ''net conclusion"
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Net as an adverb:
After expenses or deductions.
Examples:
"You'll have $5000 net."
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Net as a noun:
The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.
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Net as a verb (transitive):
To receive as profit.
Examples:
"The company nets $30 on every sale."
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Net as a verb (transitive):
To yield as profit for.
Examples:
"The scam netted the criminals $30,000."
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Net as a verb:
To fully hedge a position.
Examples:
"Every party is netting their position with a counter-party"
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Trap as a noun:
A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
Examples:
"I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem."
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Trap as a noun:
A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
Examples:
"Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny."
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Trap as a noun:
A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
Examples:
"Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck."
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Trap as a noun:
A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball
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Trap as a noun:
The game of trapball itself.
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Trap as a noun:
Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
Examples:
"They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap."
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Trap as a noun:
A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
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Trap as a noun:
A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
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Trap as a noun (historical):
A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
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Trap as a noun (slang):
A person's mouth.
Examples:
"Keep your trap shut''."
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Trap as a noun (in the plural):
Belongings.
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Trap as a noun (slang):
A cubicle (in a public toilet).
Examples:
"I've just laid a cable in trap 2 so I'd give it 5 minutes if I were you."
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Trap as a noun (sports):
Trapshooting.
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Trap as a noun (computing):
An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
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Trap as a noun (Australia, slang, historical):
A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
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Trap as a noun (US, slang, informal, African American Vernacular English):
A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold.
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Trap as a noun:
A kind of movable stepladder.
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Trap as a noun (slang, informal, chiefly, derogatory, offensive):
A non-op trans woman or (femininely dressed) transvestite.
Examples:
"rfquotek Knight"
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Trap as a noun (slang, informal, sometimes considered, _, offensive):
A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's textual gender.
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Trap as a noun (music, uncountable):
A fusion genre of hip-hop and electronic music.
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Trap as a verb (transitive):
To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
Examples:
"to trap foxes"
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Trap as a verb (transitive):
To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
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Trap as a verb (transitive):
To provide with a trap.
Examples:
"to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe"
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Trap as a verb (intransitive):
To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game
Examples:
"trap for beaver"
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Trap as a verb (intransitive):
To leave suddenly, to flee.
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Trap as a verb (US, slang, informal, African American Vernacular English, intransitive):
To sell narcotics, especially in a public area.
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Trap as a verb (computing, intransitive):
To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
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Trap as a noun:
A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
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Trap as a verb:
To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
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Trap as a noun (slang, bodybuilding):
The trapezius muscle.