The difference between Pit and Stone

Pit as a noun:

A hole in the ground.

Pit as a noun (motor racing):

An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.

Pit as a noun (music):

A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.

Pit as a noun:

A mine.

Pit as a noun (archaeology):

A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.

Pit as a noun (trading):

A trading pit.

Pit as a noun:

The bottom part of something.

Pit as a noun (colloquial):

Armpit.

Pit as a noun (aviation):

A luggage hold.

Pit as a noun (countable):

A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.

Pit as a noun:

The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.

Pit as a noun:

The grave, or underworld.

Pit as a noun:

An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.

Pit as a noun:

Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.

Pit as a noun (gambling):

Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.

Pit as a noun (slang):

A pit bull terrier.

Pit as a noun (in the plural, with ''the'', slang):

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Pit as a verb (transitive):

To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.

Pit as a verb:

To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.

Pit as a verb (transitive):

To bring (something) into opposition with something else.

Pit as a verb (intransitive, motor racing):

To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.

Pit as a noun:

A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.

Pit as a noun:

A shell in a drupe containing a seed.

Pit as a noun:

The core of an implosion weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it.

Pit as a verb (transitive):

To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.

Pit as a noun (informal):

A pit bull terrier.

Stone as a noun (uncountable):

A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.

Stone as a noun:

A small piece of stone, a pebble.

Stone as a noun:

A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.

Stone as a noun (British, plural: '''''stone'''''):

A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 kilograms

Stone as a noun (botany):

The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.

Stone as a noun (medicine):

A hard, stone-like deposit.

Stone as a noun (board games):

A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.

Stone as a noun:

A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.

Stone as a noun (curling):

A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.

Stone as a noun:

A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.

Stone as a noun (obsolete):

A mirror, or its glass.

Stone as a noun (obsolete):

A testicle.

Stone as a noun (dated, printing):

A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing; also called imposing stone.

Stone as a verb (transitive):

To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.

Stone as a verb (transitive):

To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).

Stone as a verb (intransitive):

To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.

Stone as a verb (transitive, slang):

To intoxicate, especially with narcotics.

Stone as a verb (intransitive, Singapore, slang):

To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.

Stone as a verb (transitive):

To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.

Stone as an adjective:

Constructed of stone.

Stone as an adjective:

Having the appearance of stone.

Stone as an adjective:

Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.

Stone as an adjective (AAVE):

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Stone as an adjective (LGBT):

Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.

Stone as an adverb:

As a stone .

Stone as an adverb (slang):

Absolutely, completely .