The difference between Pole and Rod

When used as nouns, pole means originally, a stick, whereas rod means a straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.

When used as verbs, pole means to propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole, whereas rod means to reinforce concrete with metal rods.


check bellow for the other definitions of Pole and Rod

  1. Pole as a noun:

    Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.

  2. Pole as a noun (angling):

    A type of basic fishing rod.

  3. Pole as a noun:

    A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.

  4. Pole as a noun (slang, spotting):

    A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.

  5. Pole as a noun (historical):

    A unit of length, equal to a perch (¼ chain or 5½ yards).

  6. Pole as a noun (motor racing):

    Pole position.

  7. Pole as a noun (US, rap music, slang):

    A gun.

  1. Pole as a verb:

    To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.

    Examples:

    "Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work."

  2. Pole as a verb:

    To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.

    Examples:

    "He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity."

  3. Pole as a verb (transitive):

    To furnish with poles for support.

    Examples:

    "to pole beans or hops"

  4. Pole as a verb (transitive):

    To convey on poles.

    Examples:

    "to pole hay into a barn"

  5. Pole as a verb (transitive):

    To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.

  1. Pole as a noun:

    Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.

  2. Pole as a noun:

    A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).

  3. Pole as a noun (geometry):

    A fixed point relative to other points or lines.

  4. Pole as a noun (electricity):

    A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.

  5. Pole as a noun (complex analysis):

    For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z) \rightarrow \infty as z \rightarrow a.

    Examples:

    "The function <math>f(z) = \frac{1}{z-3}</math> has a single pole at <math>z = 3</math>."

  6. Pole as a noun (obsolete):

    The firmament; the sky.

  7. Pole as a noun:

    Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.

  1. Pole as a verb (transitive):

    To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.

  1. Rod as a noun:

    A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.

    Examples:

    "The circus strong man proved his [[strength]] by bending an iron rod, and then straightening it."

  2. Rod as a noun:

    A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.

  3. Rod as a noun (fishing):

    A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.

    Examples:

    "When I hooked a snake and not a fish, I got so scared I dropped my rod in the water."

  4. Rod as a noun:

    A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.

  5. Rod as a noun:

    An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition.

    Examples:

    "The judge imposed on the thief a sentence of fifteen strokes with the rod."

  6. Rod as a noun:

    A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.

    Examples:

    "I notched a rod and used it to measure the length of rope to cut."

  7. Rod as a noun (archaic):

    A unit of length equal to 1&nbsp;pole, a perch, ¼&nbsp;chain, 5½ yards, 16½ feet, or exactly 5.0292 meters (these being all equivalent).

  8. Rod as a noun (US):

    An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5½ yards.

  9. Rod as a noun (archaic):

    A unit of area equal to a square rod, 30¼ square yards or 1/160 acre.

    Examples:

    "The house had a small yard of about six rods in size."

  10. Rod as a noun:

    A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a drive-shaft.

    Examples:

    "The engine threw a rod, and then went to pieces before our eyes, springs and coils shooting in all directions."

  11. Rod as a noun (anatomy):

    A rod cell: a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.

    Examples:

    "The rods are more sensitive than the cones, but do not discern color."

  12. Rod as a noun (biology):

    Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.

    Examples:

    "He applied a gram positive stain, looking for rods indicative of ''Listeria''."

  13. Rod as a noun (chemistry):

    A stirring rod: a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and 1/8 to 1/4 inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers.

  14. Rod as a noun (slang):

    A pistol; a gun.

  15. Rod as a noun (slang, vulgar):

    A penis.

  16. Rod as a noun (slang):

    A hot rod, an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or (currently) denoting any older vehicle thus modified.

  17. Rod as a noun (ufology):

    A rod-shaped object that appears in photographs or videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.

  18. Rod as a noun (mathematics):

    A .

  19. Rod as a noun (rail transport):

    A or connecting rod, which links the driving wheels of a steam locomotive.

  1. Rod as a verb (construction):

    To reinforce concrete with metal rods.

  2. Rod as a verb (slang, vulgar, transitive):

    To penetrate sexually.

  3. Rod as a verb (slang):

    To hot rod.

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