The difference between Pitch and Track

When used as nouns, pitch means a sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees, whereas track means a mark left by something that has passed along.

When used as verbs, pitch means to cover or smear with pitch, whereas track means to observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.

check bellow for the other definitions of Pitch and Track

  1. Pitch as a noun:

    A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.

    Examples:

    "It is hard to get this pitch off my hand."

  2. Pitch as a noun:

    A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.

    Examples:

    "They put pitch on the mast to protect it."

    "The barrel was sealed with pitch."

    "It was pitch black because there was no moon."

  3. Pitch as a noun (geology):

    Pitchstone.

  1. Pitch as a verb:

    To cover or smear with pitch.

  2. Pitch as a verb:

    To darken; to blacken; to obscure.

  1. Pitch as a noun:

    A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.

    Examples:

    "a good pitch in quoits"

  2. Pitch as a noun (baseball):

    The act of pitching a baseball.

    Examples:

    "The pitch was low and inside."

  3. Pitch as a noun (sports):

    The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) Not used in America, where "field" is the preferred word.

    Examples:

    "The teams met on the pitch."

  4. Pitch as a noun:

    An effort to sell or promote something.

    Examples:

    "He gave me a sales pitch."

  5. Pitch as a noun:

    The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.

    Examples:

    "The pitch of pixels on the point scale is 72 pixels per inch."

    "The pitch of this saw is perfect for that type of wood."

    "A helical scan with a pitch of zero is equivalent to constant z-axis scanning."

  6. Pitch as a noun:

    The angle at which an object sits.

    Examples:

    "the pitch of the roof or haystack"

  7. Pitch as a noun (by extension):

    A level or degree, or , a peak or highest degree.

  8. Pitch as a noun (nautical, aviation):

    The rotation angle about the transverse axis. The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. Compare with roll, yaw, and heave. A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.

    Examples:

    "the pitch of an aircraft"

    "The propeller blades' pitch went to zero as the engine was feathered."

  9. Pitch as a noun:

    The place where a busker performs.

  10. Pitch as a noun:

    An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.

  11. Pitch as a noun:

    An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.

  12. Pitch as a noun:

    A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.

  13. Pitch as a noun (climbing):

    A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.

  14. Pitch as a noun (caving):

    A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.

    Examples:

    "The entrance pitch requires 30 metres of rope."

  15. Pitch as a noun (now, _, British, regional):

    A person or animal's height.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Hudibras"

  16. Pitch as a noun (cricket):

    That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.

  17. Pitch as a noun:

    A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.

  18. Pitch as a noun:

    The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.

    Examples:

    "a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof"

  19. Pitch as a noun (mining):

    The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.

  1. Pitch as a verb (transitive):

    To throw.

    Examples:

    "He pitched the horseshoe."

  2. Pitch as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive, baseball):

    To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.

    Examples:

    "lb transitive ''The hurler pitched a curveball."

    "lb intransitive ''He pitched high and inside."

  3. Pitch as a verb (intransitive, baseball):

    To play baseball in the position of pitcher.

    Examples:

    "Bob pitches today."

  4. Pitch as a verb (transitive):

    To throw away; discard.

    Examples:

    "He pitched the candy wrapper."

  5. Pitch as a verb (transitive):

    To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.

    Examples:

    "He pitched the idea for months with no takers."

  6. Pitch as a verb (transitive):

    To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.

    Examples:

    "At which level should I pitch my presentation?"

  7. Pitch as a verb (transitive):

    To assemble or erect (a tent).

    Examples:

    " Pitch the tent over there."

  8. Pitch as a verb (intransitive):

    To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.

  9. Pitch as a verb (ambitransitive, aviation, or, nautical):

    To move so that the front of an aircraft or ship goes alternatively up and down.

    Examples:

    "lb transitive ''The typhoon pitched the deck of the ship."

    "lb intransitive ''The airplane pitched."

  10. Pitch as a verb (transitive, golf):

    To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.

    Examples:

    "The only way to get on the green from here is to pitch the ball over the bunker."

  11. Pitch as a verb (intransitive, cricket):

    To bounce on the playing surface.

    Examples:

    "The ball pitched well short of the batsman."

  12. Pitch as a verb (intransitive, Bristol, of snow):

    To settle and build up, without melting.

  13. Pitch as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

    To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.

  14. Pitch as a verb (with '''[[on]]''' or '''[[upon]]'''):

    To fix one's choice.

  15. Pitch as a verb (intransitive):

    To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.

    Examples:

    "to pitch from a precipice"

    "The field pitches toward the east."

  16. Pitch as a verb (transitive, of an embankment, roadway):

    To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  17. Pitch as a verb (transitive, of a price, value):

    To set or fix.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  18. Pitch as a verb (transitive, card games, slang, of a card):

    To discard for some gain.

  1. Pitch as a noun (music, phonetics):

    The perceived frequency of a sound or note.

    Examples:

    "The pitch of middle "C" is familiar to many musicians."

  2. Pitch as a noun (music):

    In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.

    Examples:

    " Bob, our pitch, let out a clear middle "C" and our conductor gave the signal to start."

  1. Pitch as a verb (intransitive):

    To produce a note of a given pitch.

  2. Pitch as a verb (transitive):

    To fix or set the tone of.

  1. Track as a noun:

    A mark left by something that has passed along.

    Examples:

    "Follow the track of the ship."

    "Can you see any tracks in the snow?"

  2. Track as a noun:

    A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.

    Examples:

    "The fox tracks were still visible in the snow."

  3. Track as a noun:

    The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.

  4. Track as a noun:

    A road or other similar beaten path.

    Examples:

    "Follow the track for a hundred metres."

  5. Track as a noun:

    Physical course; way.

    Examples:

    "Astronomers predicted the track of the comet."

  6. Track as a noun:

    A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.

    Examples:

    "The athletes ran round the track."

  7. Track as a noun:

    The direction and progress of someone or something; path.

  8. Track as a noun (railways):

    The way or rails along which a train moves.

    Examples:

    "They briefly closed the railway to remove debris found on the track."

  9. Track as a noun:

    A tract or area, such as of land.

  10. Track as a noun:

    Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.

  11. Track as a noun (automotive):

    The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree (also track width)

  12. Track as a noun (automotive):

    Short for caterpillar track.

  13. Track as a noun (cricket):

    The pitch.

  14. Track as a noun:

    Sound stored on a record.

  15. Track as a noun:

    The physical track on a record.

  16. Track as a noun (music):

    A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence

    Examples:

    "My favourite track on the album is "Sunshine"."

  17. Track as a noun:

    A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.

  18. Track as a noun (uncountable, sports):

    The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.

    Examples:

    "I'm going to try out for track next week."

  19. Track as a noun:

    A session talk on a conference.

  1. Track as a verb (transitive):

    To continue observing over time. To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time. To monitor the movement of a person or object. To match the movement or change of a person or object. To travel so that a moving object remains in shot. To move.

    Examples:

    "We will track the raven population over the next six months."

    "Agent Miles has been tracking the terrorist since Madrid."

    "My height tracks my father's at my age, so I might end up as tall as him."

    "The camera tracked the ball even as the field of play moved back and forth, keeping the action in shot the entire time."

    "The hurricane tracked further west than expected."

  2. Track as a verb (transitive):

    To follow the tracks of. To discover the location of a person or object. To leave in the form of tracks.

    Examples:

    "My uncle spent all day tracking the deer, whose hoofprints were clear in the mud."

    "I tracked Joe to his friend's bedroom, where he had spent the night."

    "In winter, my cat tracks mud all over the house."

  3. Track as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive):

    To create a musical recording (a track). To create music using tracker software.

    Examples:

    "Lil Kyle is gonna track with that DJ next week."

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