Pile vs. Sherpa — What's the Difference?

A quantity of objects stacked or thrown together in a heap.

A member of a Himalayan people living on the borders of Nepal and Tibet, renowned for their skill in mountaineering.

A large accumulation or quantity

A member of a traditionally Buddhist people of Tibetan ancestry living on the southern side of the Himalaya Mountains in Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim. In modern times Sherpas have achieved renown as high-altitude porters and expert guides on Himalayan mountaineering expeditions.

A large amount of money

(countable) A local mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Nepalese Sherpa people so employed.

A nuclear reactor.

(countable) An expert accompanying a high-ranking leader to a summit meeting.

A voltaic pile.

A synthetic fabric with a long, thick pile, similar to faux fur, imitation lamb wool, or fleece.

A very large building or complex of buildings.

(rare) To serve as a guide or porter for another.

A funeral pyre.

A member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers

A heavy post of timber, concrete, or steel, driven into the earth as a foundation or support for a structure.

(Heraldry) A wedge-shaped charge pointing downward.

A Roman javelin.

Cut or uncut loops of yarn forming the surface of certain fabrics, such as velvet, plush, and carpeting.

The surface so formed.

Soft fine hair, fur, or wool.

To place or lay in a pile or heap

To load (something) with a heap or pile

To add or increase to abundance or to a point of burdensomeness

To form a heap or pile.

To move in, out, or forward in a disorderly mass or group

To drive piles into.

To support with piles.

A mass of things heaped together; a heap.

(informal) A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.

A mass formed in layers.

A funeral pile; a pyre.

(slang) A large amount of money.

A large building, or mass of buildings.

A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a fagot.

A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.

A beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground.

An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.

(obsolete) The reverse (or tails) of a coin.

A list or league

(obsolete) A dart; an arrow.

The head of an arrow or spear.

A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.

(heraldry) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.

A hemorrhoid.

Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)

The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.

To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate

(transitive) To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.

(transitive) To add something to a great number.

(transitive) (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.

To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.

(transitive) To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.

(transitive) To give a pile to; to make shaggy.

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

A covering of hair or fur.

The head of an arrow or spear.

A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.

One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.

A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of stones; a pile of wood.

A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot.

A funeral pile; a pyre.

A large building, or mass of buildings.

A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; - commonly called Volta's pile, voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.

The reverse of a coin. See Reverse.

To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.

To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; - often with up; as, to pile up wood.

To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.

A collection of objects laid on top of each other

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

A large sum of money (especially as pay or profit);

Fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

Battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta

A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

The yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave;

A nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy

Arrange in stacks;

Press tightly together or cram;

Place or lay as if in a pile;