Mast vs. Pole — What's the Difference?

A tall upright post, spar, or other structure on a ship or boat, in sailing vessels generally carrying a sail or sails.

Either extremity of an axis through a sphere.

The fruit of beech, oak, chestnut, and other forest trees, especially as food for pigs.

Either of the regions contiguous to the extremities of the earth's rotational axis, the North Pole or the South Pole.

(with reference to tea) brew or infuse

(Physics) See magnetic pole.

A vertical structure consisting of a spar or several spars affixed end-to-end, rising from the keel or deck of a sailing vessel to support the sails.

(Electricity) Either of two oppositely charged terminals, as in an electric cell or battery.

A single spar serving as a part of such a structure

(Astronomy) See celestial pole.

A vertical pole.

Either extremity of the main axis of a nucleus, cell, or organism.

A tall vertical antenna, as for a radio.

Either end of the spindle formed in a cell during mitosis.

A captain's mast.

The point on a nerve cell where a process originates.

The nuts of forest trees accumulated on the ground, especially considered as a food source for wildlife or for domestic swine.

Either of two antithetical ideas, propensities, forces, or positions.

A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter).

A fixed point of reference.

(naval) A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command.

The origin in a polar coordinate system; the vertex of a polar angle.

The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, etc.), especially if having fallen from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals.

A point in the complex plane at which a given function is not defined.

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A long, relatively slender, generally rounded piece of wood or other material.

A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball.

The long tapering wooden shaft extending up from the front axle of a vehicle to the collars of the animals drawing it; a tongue.

To supply and fit a mast to (a ship).

See rod.

(of swine and other animals) To feed on forest seed or fruit.

A unit of area equal to a square rod.

To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others.

(Sports) The inside position on the starting line of a racetrack

The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns.

A native or inhabitant of Poland.

A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel.

A person of Polish ancestry.

The vertical post of a derrick or crane.

To propel with a pole

A spar or strut to which tie wires or guys are attached for stiffening purposes.

To propel (oneself) or make (one's way) by the use of ski poles

To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position; as, to mast a ship.

To support (plants) with a pole.

A vertical spar for supporting sails

To strike, poke, or stir with a pole.

Nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground; used especially as food for swine

To propel a boat or raft with a pole.

Nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine

To use ski poles to maintain or gain speed.

Any sturdy upright pole

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

A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.

(angling) A type of basic fishing rod.

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

A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.

(historical) A unit of length, equal to a rod (4 chain or 2 yards).

(motor racing) Pole position.

A gun.

(vulgar) A penis

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

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

(geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.

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

(complex analysis) For a meromorphic function $f(z)$, any point $a$ for which $f(z)\; \backslash rightarrow\; \backslash infty$ as $z\; \backslash rightarrow\; a$.

(obsolete) The firmament; the sky.

Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.

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

To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.

(transitive) To furnish with poles for support.

(transitive) To convey on poles.

(transitive) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.

To strike (the ball) very hard.

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

A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.

A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See Maypole. (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. (e) A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines, are trained.

A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5 yards, or a square measure equal to 30 square yards; a rod; a perch.

Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole.

A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the pole of a given meridian.

One of the opposite or contrasted parts or directions in which a polar force is manifested; a point of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points, or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the north pole of a needle.

The firmament; the sky.

To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops.

To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.

To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat.

To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.

A long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic

A native or inhabitant of Poland

One of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions;

A linear measure of 16.5 feet

A square rod of land

One of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere

One of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface

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

A long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting

One of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated

Propel with a pole;

Support on poles;

Deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole