Bench vs. Branch — What's the Difference?

A long seat for several people, typically made of wood or stone

A branch (UK: or UK: , US: ) or tree branch (sometimes referred to in botany as a ramus) is a woody structural member connected to but not part of the central trunk of a tree (or sometimes a shrub). Large branches are known as boughs and small branches are known as twigs.

A long work table in a workshop or laboratory

A part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or from a bough

A judge's seat in a law court.

(of a road or path) divide into one or more subdivisions

A long seat in Parliament for politicians of a specified party

(of a tree or plant) bear or send out branches

A seat at the side of a sports field for coaches, substitutes, and players not taking part in a game

A secondary woody stem or limb growing from the trunk or main stem of a tree or shrub or from another secondary limb.

A flat ledge in masonry or on sloping ground.

A lateral division or subdivision of certain other plant parts, such as a root or flower cluster.

Exhibit (a dog) at a show

A secondary outgrowth or subdivision of a main axis, such as the tine of a deer's antlers.

Withdraw (a sports player) from play

(Anatomy) An offshoot or a division of the main portion of a structure, especially that of a nerve, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel; a ramus.

Short for bench press (verb)

An area of specialized skill or knowledge, especially academic or vocational, that is related to but separate from other areas

A long seat, often without a back, for two or more persons.

A division of a business or other organization.

(Nautical) A thwart in a boat.

A division of a family, categorized by descent from a particular ancestor.

The seat for judges in a courtroom.

(Linguistics) A subdivision of a family of languages, such as the Germanic branch of Indo-European.

The office or position of a judge.

A tributary of a river.

Often Bench The judge or judges composing a court.

Chiefly Southern US See creek. See Note at run.

A seat occupied by a person in an official capacity.

A divergent section of a river, especially near the mouth.

The office of such a person.

(Mathematics) A part of a curve that is separated, as by discontinuities or extreme points.

A strong worktable, such as one used in carpentry or in a laboratory.

A sequence of program instructions to which the normal sequence of instructions relinquishes control, depending on the value of certain variables.

A platform on which animals, especially dogs, are exhibited.

The instructions executed as the result of such a passing of control.

The area, often equipped with benches, where the coaches and the players who are not actively participating in the game remain.

(Chemistry) A bifurcation in a linear chain of atoms, especially in an organic molecule where isomeric hydrocarbon groups can vary in the location and number of these bifurcations of the carbon chain.

The reserve players on a team.

To put forth a branch or branches; spread by dividing.

A level, narrow stretch of land interrupting a declivity.

To come forth as a branch or subdivision; develop or diverge from

A level elevation of land along a shore or coast, especially one marking a former shoreline.

(Computers) To relinquish control to another set of instructions or another routine as a result of the presence of a branch.

To furnish with benches.

To separate (something) into branches.

To seat on a bench.

To embroider (something) with a design of foliage or flowers.

To show (dogs) in a bench show.

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

(Sports) To keep out of or remove from a game

Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

(Sports) To bench-press.

A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.

A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.

(geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.

(government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.

A location of an organization with several locations.

(law) The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary.

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.

The place where the judges sit.

(Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.

The dignity of holding an official seat.

An area in business or of knowledge, research.

(sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.

(nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.

The number of players on a team able to participate, expressed in terms of length.

(computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.

A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.

(computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.

A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.

(rail transport) A branch line.

(surveying) A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.

(intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.

A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.

(intransitive) To produce branches.

(geology) A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.

A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.

To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.

A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.

(transitive) To strip of branches.

A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.

To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.

(weightlifting) The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

To remove a player from play.

Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.

To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.

Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.

(slang) To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.

One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.

(transitive) To furnish with benches.

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.

(transitive) To place on a bench or seat of honour.

A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.

To lift by bench pressing

Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.

Alternative spelling of bentsh

To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.

A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.

To divide into separate parts or subdivision.

A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench.

To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.

The seat where judges sit in court.

To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.

The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench.

An administrative division of some larger or more complex organization;

A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; - so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.

A division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river.

A part of a forked or branching shape;

To furnish with benches.

A natural consequence of development

To place on a bench or seat of honor.

A stream or river connected to a larger one

To sit on a seat of justice.

Any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;

A long seat for more than one person

Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures;

The reserve players on a team;

Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;

A level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)

Persons who administer justice

A strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic

The magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively

Take out of a game; of players

Exhibit on a bench;