The difference between Opening and Slot
When used as nouns, opening means an act or instance of making or becoming open, whereas slot means a broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.
Slot is also verb with the meaning: to bar, bolt or lock a door or window.
check bellow for the other definitions of Opening and Slot
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Opening as a verb:
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Opening as a noun:
An act or instance of making or becoming open.
Examples:
"The daily openings of the day lily bloom gives it its name."
"He remembered fondly the Christmas morning opening of presents."
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Opening as a noun:
Something that is open.
Examples:
"A salamander darted out of an opening in the rocks."
"He slipped through an opening in the crowd."
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Opening as a noun:
An act or instance of beginning.
Examples:
"There have been few factory and store openings in the US lately."
"Their opening of the concert with ''Brass in Pocket'' always fires up the crowd."
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Opening as a noun (chess):
Something that is a beginning. The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe. The initial period a show at an art gallery or museum is first opened, especially the first evening. The first few measures of a musical composition. The first few moves in a game of chess.
Examples:
"They were disappointed at the turnout for their opening, but hoped that word would spread."
"John spends two hours a day studying openings, and another two hours studying [[endgame]]s."
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Opening as a noun:
A vacant position, especially in an array. A time available in a schedule. An unoccupied employment position.
Examples:
"Are there likely to be any openings on the Supreme Court in the next four years?"
"If you'd like to make a booking with us, we have an opening at twelve o'clock."
"The only two-hour openings for the hockey rink are between 1AM and 5AM."
"We have an opening in our marketing department."
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Opening as a noun:
An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
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Opening as a noun (math):
In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
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Opening as an adjective (cricket):
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Slot as a noun:
A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.
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Slot as a noun:
A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.
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Slot as a noun (Scotland, Northern England):
An implement for baring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.
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Slot as a noun (electrical):
A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.
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Slot as a noun (slang, surfing):
The barrel or tube of a wave.
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Slot as a verb (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England):
To bar, bolt or lock a door or window.
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Slot as a verb (obsolete, transitive, UK, dialectal):
To shut with violence; to slam.
Examples:
"to slot a door"
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Slot as a noun:
A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
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Slot as a noun:
A gap in a schedule or sequence.
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Slot as a noun (aviation):
The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.
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Slot as a noun (aviation):
In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen.
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Slot as a noun (computing):
A space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored.
Examples:
"The game offers four save slots."
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Slot as a noun (informal):
A slot machine designed for gambling.
Examples:
"I walked past the poker tables and went straight to the slots."
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Slot as a noun (slang):
The vagina.
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Slot as a noun:
The track of an animal, especially a deer; spoor.
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Slot as a verb:
To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture)
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Slot as a verb:
To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence)
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Slot as a verb:
To put something where it belongs.
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Slot as a verb (slang, Rhodesia, in the context of the {{w, Rhodesian Bush War):
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