The difference between Plimsoll and Pump
When used as nouns, plimsoll means a rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships, whereas pump means a device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
Pump is also verb with the meaning: to use a pump to move (liquid or gas).
check bellow for the other definitions of Plimsoll and Pump
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Plimsoll as a noun (British):
A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers.
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Plimsoll as a noun:
The plimsoll symbol ⦵ (or o) that is used as a superscript in the notation of thermodynamics to indicate an arbitrarily chosen non-zero reference point.
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Pump as a noun:
A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
Examples:
"This pump can deliver 100 gallons of water per minute."
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Pump as a noun:
An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping
Examples:
"It takes thirty pumps to get 10 litres; he did 50 pumps of the [[weights]]."
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Pump as a noun:
A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel.
Examples:
"This pump is out of order, but you can gas up at the next one."
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Pump as a noun (bodybuilding):
A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
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Pump as a noun (colloquial):
A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.
Examples:
"She gave the other girl a pump on her new bike."
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Pump as a noun (US, obsolete, slang):
The heart.
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Pump as a noun (obsolete, vulgar, British slang):
The vagina.
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Pump as a verb (transitive):
To use a pump to move (liquid or gas).
Examples:
"I've pumped over 1000 gallons of water in the last ten minutes."
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Pump as a verb (transitive, often followed by '''up'''):
To fill with air.
Examples:
"He pumped up the air-bed by hand, but used the service station air to pump up the tyres."
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Pump as a verb (transitive):
To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.
Examples:
"I pumped my fist with joy when I won the race."
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Pump as a verb (transitive):
To shake (a person's hand) vigorously.
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Pump as a verb (transitive):
To gain information from (a person) by persistent questioning.
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Pump as a verb (intransitive):
To use a pump to move liquid or gas.
Examples:
"I've been pumping for over a minute but the water isn't coming through."
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Pump as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To be going very well.
Examples:
"The waves were really pumping this morning."
"Last night's party was really pumping."
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Pump as a verb (sports):
To kick, throw or hit the ball far and high.
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Pump as a verb (Scotland, slang):
To pass gas; to fart.
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Pump as a verb (computing):
To pass (messages) into a program so that it can obey them.
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Pump as a verb (obsolete, British slang):
To copulate.
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Pump as a noun (British):
A type of shoe, a trainer or sneaker.
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Pump as a noun (chiefly, North America):
A type of women's shoe which leaves the instep uncovered and has a relatively high heel, especially a stiletto (with a very high and thin heel)
Examples:
"She was wearing a lovely new pair of pumps."
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Pump as a noun:
A dancing shoe.
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Pump as a noun:
A type of shoe without a heel.