The difference between Shelve and Table
When used as nouns, shelve means a rocky ledge or shelf, whereas table means an item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
When used as verbs, shelve means to place on a shelf, whereas table means to tabulate.
check bellow for the other definitions of Shelve and Table
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Shelve as a verb (transitive):
to place on a shelf
Examples:
"The library needs volunteers to help shelve books."
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Shelve as a verb (transitive):
to set aside, quit, or halt
Examples:
"They shelved the entire project when they heard how much it would cost."
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Shelve as a verb:
To furnish with shelves.
Examples:
"to shelve a closet or a library"
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Shelve as a verb (slang):
To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion.
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Shelve as a verb (Wales, slang):
To have sex with.
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Shelve as a verb (intransitive):
To slope; to incline.
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Shelve as a noun:
A rocky ledge or shelf.
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Table as a noun (poker, metonym):
Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs. A flat tray which can be used as a table. The lineup of players at a given table. A group of people at a table, for example for a meal or game. A service of Holy Communion.
Examples:
"That's the strongest table I've ever seen at a European Poker Tour event"
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Table as a noun (computing, chiefly, databases):
A two-dimensional presentation of data. A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns. A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table. A lookup table, most often a set of vectors. A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
Examples:
"The children were practising multiplication tables."
"Don’t you know your tables?"
"Here is a table of natural logarithms."
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Table as a noun (musical instruments):
The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
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Table as a noun (backgammon):
One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
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Table as a noun:
The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
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Table as a verb:
To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
Examples:
"to table fines"
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Table as a verb (now, rare):
To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed.
Examples:
"rfquotek Milton"
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Table as a verb (obsolete):
To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict.
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Table as a verb (non-US):
To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.
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Table as a verb (chiefly, US):
To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve .
Examples:
"The legislature tabled the amendment, so they will not be discussing it until later."
"The [[motion]] was tabled, ensuring that it would not be taken up until a later date."
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Table as a verb (carpentry, obsolete):
To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks.
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Table as a verb:
To put on a table.
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Table as a verb (nautical):
To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.