The difference between Set and Time

When used as nouns, set means a punch for setting nails in wood, whereas time means a dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions.

When used as verbs, set means to put (something) down, to rest, whereas time means to measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.

Set is also adjective with the meaning: fixed in position.

check bellow for the other definitions of Set and Time

  1. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To put (something) down, to rest.

    Examples:

    "'Set the [[tray]] there."

  2. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

    Examples:

    "I have set my heart on running the marathon."

  3. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.

  4. Set as a verb (transitive, dated):

    To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

    Examples:

    "to set a coach in the mud"

  5. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To determine or settle.

    Examples:

    "to set the rent"

  6. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To adjust.

    Examples:

    "I set the alarm at 6 a.m."

  7. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.

  8. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.

    Examples:

    "Please set the table for our guests."

  9. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To introduce or describe.

    Examples:

    "I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene."

  10. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.

    Examples:

    "He says he will set his next film in France."

  11. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).

    Examples:

    "This crossword was set by Araucaria."

  12. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To prepare (a stage or film set).

  13. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To fit (someone) up in a situation.

  14. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To arrange (type).

    Examples:

    "It was a complex page, but he set it quickly."

  15. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To devise and assign (work) to.

    Examples:

    "The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot."

  16. Set as a verb (transitive, volleyball):

    To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.

  17. Set as a verb (intransitive):

    To solidify.

    Examples:

    "The glue sets in four minutes."

  18. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.

    Examples:

    "to set milk for cheese"

  19. Set as a verb (intransitive):

    Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.

    Examples:

    "The moon sets at eight o'clock tonight."

  20. Set as a verb (transitive, bridge):

    To defeat a contract.

  21. Set as a verb (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in [[set out]]):

    To begin to move; to go forth.

  22. Set as a verb (transitive, botany):

    To produce after pollination.

    Examples:

    "to set seed"

  23. Set as a verb (intransitive, of fruit):

    To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.

  24. Set as a verb (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects):

    To sit .

    Examples:

    "He sets in that chair all day."

  25. Set as a verb:

    To hunt game with the aid of a setter.

  26. Set as a verb (hunting, ambitransitive):

    Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.

    Examples:

    "The dog sets the bird."

    "Your dog sets well."

  27. Set as a verb (obsolete):

    To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.

  28. Set as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To fit music to words.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  29. Set as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

    Examples:

    "to set pear trees in an orchard"

  30. Set as a verb:

    To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Francis Bacon"

  31. Set as a verb:

    To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.

    Examples:

    "The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward."

  32. Set as a verb:

    To place or fix in a setting.

    Examples:

    "to set a precious stone in a border of metal"

    "to set glass in a sash"

  33. Set as a verb:

    To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.

    Examples:

    "to set (that is, to hone) a razor"

    "to set a saw"

  34. Set as a verb:

    To extend and bring into position; to spread.

    Examples:

    "to set the sails of a ship"

  35. Set as a verb:

    To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.

    Examples:

    "to set a psalm"

    "rfquotek Fielding"

  36. Set as a verb:

    To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.

    Examples:

    "to set a broken bone"

  37. Set as a verb (masonry):

    To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

  38. Set as a verb (obsolete):

    To wager in gambling; to risk.

  39. Set as a verb:

    To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

  40. Set as a verb (obsolete):

    To value; to rate; used with at.

  41. Set as a verb:

    To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.

    Examples:

    "to set a good example; to set lessons to be learned"

  42. Set as a verb (Scotland):

    To suit; to become.

    Examples:

    "It sets him ill."

  1. Set as a noun:

    A punch for setting nails in wood.

    Examples:

    "nail set"

  2. Set as a noun:

    A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.

    Examples:

    "television set"

  3. Set as a noun:

    a hole made and lived in by a badger.

  4. Set as a noun:

    pattern of threads and yarns.

  5. Set as a noun:

    piece of quarried stone.

  6. Set as a noun (horticulture):

    A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.

  7. Set as a noun:

    The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.

  8. Set as a noun (obsolete, rare):

    That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.

  9. Set as a noun (engineering):

    Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.

    Examples:

    "the set of a spring"

  10. Set as a noun (piledriving):

    A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.

  11. Set as a noun (printing, dated):

    The width of the body of a type.

  12. Set as a noun:

    A young oyster when first attached.

  13. Set as a noun:

    Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.

  14. Set as a noun:

    A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun)

  15. Set as a noun (colloquial):

    The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.

    Examples:

    "the set of a coat"

  16. Set as a noun:

    The camber of a curved roofing tile.

  1. Set as an adjective:

    Fixed in position.

  2. Set as an adjective:

    Rigid, solidified.

  3. Set as an adjective:

    Ready, prepared.

    Examples:

    "[[on your mark, get set, go on your marks, get set, go!]]; [[on your marks]], set, go!"

  4. Set as an adjective:

    Intent, determined (to do something).

    Examples:

    "'set on getting to his destination"

  5. Set as an adjective:

    Prearranged.

    Examples:

    "a set menu"

  6. Set as an adjective:

    Fixed in one's opinion.

    Examples:

    "I’m set against the idea of smacking children to punish them."

  7. Set as an adjective (of hair):

    Fixed in a certain style.

  1. Set as a noun:

    A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.

  2. Set as a noun:

    A rudimentary fruit.

  3. Set as a noun (by extension):

    The setting of the sun or other luminary; the close of the day.

  4. Set as a noun (literally, and, figuratively):

    General movement; direction; drift; tendency.

  5. Set as a noun:

    A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.)

    Examples:

    "a set of tables"

  6. Set as a noun:

    A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.

    Examples:

    "a set of tools"

  7. Set as a noun:

    An object made up of several parts.

    Examples:

    "a set of steps"

  8. Set as a noun (set theory):

    A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.

  9. Set as a noun (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal):

    Set theory.

  10. Set as a noun:

    A group of people, usually meeting socially.

    Examples:

    "the country set"

  11. Set as a noun:

    The scenery for a film or play.

  12. Set as a noun (dance):

    The initial or basic formation of dancers.

  13. Set as a noun (exercise):

    A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.

  14. Set as a noun (tennis):

    A complete series of games, forming part of a match.

  15. Set as a noun (volleyball):

    A complete series of points, forming part of a match.

  16. Set as a noun (volleyball):

    The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.

  17. Set as a noun (music):

    A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.

  18. Set as a noun (music):

    A drum kit, a drum set.

    Examples:

    "He plays the set on Saturdays."

  19. Set as a noun (UK, education):

    A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.

  20. Set as a noun (poker, slang):

    Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare .

  1. Set as a verb (UK, education):

    To divide a class group in a subject according to ability

  1. Time as a noun (uncountable):

    The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past. A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension. Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy. The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.

    Examples:

    "'Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time'"

    "Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time."

    "'Time slows down when you approach the speed of light."

    "An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change."

  2. Time as a noun (uncountable):

    A duration of time. A quantity of availability of duration. A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression. The serving of a prison sentence. An experience. An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs. A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day. Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.

    Examples:

    "More time is needed to complete the project. You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute. Are you finished yet? Time’s up!"

    "a long time; Record the individual times for the processes in each batch. Only your best time is compared with the other competitors. The algorithm runs in O(n<sup>2</sup>) time."

    "The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time. He is not living at home because he is doing time."

    "We had a wonderful time at the party."

    "Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs"

    "In my time, we respected our elders."

  3. Time as a noun (uncountable):

    An instant of time. How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device. A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive). A numerical indication of a particular moment. An instance or occurrence. Closing time. The hour of childbirth. (as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.

    Examples:

    "Excuse me, have you got the time? What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock? A computer keeps time using a clock battery."

    "it’s time for bed; it’s time to sleep; we must wait for the right time; it's time we were going"

    "at what times do the trains arrive?; these times were erroneously converted between zones"

    "When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember."

    "see you another time; that’s three times he’s made the same mistake"

    "Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!"

    "Last call: it's almost time."

    "It was his time."

  4. Time as a noun (countable):

    The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

    Examples:

    "Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time."

  5. Time as a noun (countable):

    Ratio of comparison.

    Examples:

    "your car runs three times faster than mine; that is four times as heavy as this"

  6. Time as a noun (grammar, dated):

    Tense.

    Examples:

    "the time of a verb"

  7. Time as a noun (music):

    The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.

    Examples:

    "common or triple time; the musician keeps good time."

  1. Time as a verb:

    To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.

    Examples:

    "I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block."

  2. Time as a verb:

    To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.

    Examples:

    "The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl."

    "The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m."

  3. Time as a verb (obsolete):

    To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

  4. Time as a verb (obsolete):

    To pass time; to delay.

  5. Time as a verb:

    To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

  6. Time as a verb:

    To measure, as in music or harmony.

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