The difference between Ranch and Station
When used as nouns, ranch means a large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock, whereas station means the fact of standing still.
When used as verbs, ranch means to operate a ranch, whereas station means to put in place to perform a task.
check bellow for the other definitions of Ranch and Station
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Ranch as a noun:
A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
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Ranch as a noun (Southwestern US):
A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock.
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Ranch as a noun:
A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
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Ranch as a noun:
Ranch dressing.
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Ranch as a verb:
To operate a ranch; engage in ranching.
Examples:
"Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman."
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Ranch as a verb:
To work on a ranch
Examples:
"Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman."
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Station as a noun (obsolete):
The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.
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Station as a noun (astronomy):
The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.
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Station as a noun (US):
A stopping place. A regular stopping place for ground transportation. A ground transportation depot. A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay. A gas station, service station.
Examples:
"The next station is Esperanza."
"It's right across from the bus station."
"From my station at the front door, I greeted every visitor."
"All ships are on station, Admiral."
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Station as a noun (Australia, New Zealand):
A place where workers are stationed. An official building from which police or firefighters operate. A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task. A military base. A place used for broadcasting radio or television. A very large sheep or cattle farm.
Examples:
"The police station is opposite the fire station."
"The waitress was at her station preparing three checks."
" The station is part of a group of stations run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. [[File:The station is part of a group of stations.ogg]]"
"She had a boyfriend at the station."
"I used to work at a radio station."
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Station as a noun:
One of the Stations of the Cross.
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Station as a noun:
The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
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Station as a noun:
A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
Examples:
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Station as a noun:
Standing; rank; position.
Examples:
"She had ambitions beyond her station."
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Station as a noun:
A broadcasting entity.
Examples:
"I used to listen to that radio station."
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Station as a noun (Newfoundland):
A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
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Station as a noun (surveying):
Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
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Station as a noun:
The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
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Station as a noun (mining):
An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
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Station as a noun:
Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
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Station as a noun (medicine):
The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.
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Station as a verb:
To put in place to perform a task.
Examples:
"The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors."
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Station as a verb:
To put in place to perform military duty.
Examples:
"They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out."