Pole vs. Pool — What's the Difference?

Either extremity of an axis through a sphere.

A small body of still water.

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

An accumulation of standing liquid; a puddle

(Physics) See magnetic pole.

A deep or still place in a stream.

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

A swimming pool.

(Astronomy) See celestial pole.

An underground accumulation of petroleum or gas in porous sedimentary rock.

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

A game of chance, resembling a lottery, in which the contestants put staked money into a common fund that is later paid to the winner.

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

A fund containing all the money bet in a game of chance or on the outcome of an event.

The point on a nerve cell where a process originates.

A supply, as of vehicles or workers, available for use by a group.

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

A group of journalists who cover an event and then by agreement share their reports with participating news media

A fixed point of reference.

A mutual fund established by a group of stockholders for speculating in or manipulating prices of securities.

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

The persons or parties participating in such a fund.

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

A grouping of assets, such as mortgages, that serves as a basis for the issuing of securities.

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

An agreement between competing business concerns to establish controls over production, market, and prices for common profit.

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

Any of several games played on a six-pocket billiards table usually with 15 object balls and a cue ball. Also called pocket billiards.

See rod.

To form pools or a pool

A unit of area equal to a square rod.

To accumulate in a body part

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

To put into a pool, as for common use

A native or inhabitant of Poland.

To join or form a pool.

A person of Polish ancestry.

A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.

To propel with a pole

Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.

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

Ellipsis of swimming pool

To support (plants) with a pole.

A supply of resources.

To strike, poke, or stir with a pole.

A set of resources that are kept ready to use.

To propel a boat or raft with a pole.

A small amount of liquid on a surface.

To use ski poles to maintain or gain speed.

A localized glow of light.

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

A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game.

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

(sport) A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour, 7 of another, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.

(angling) A type of basic fishing rod.

In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.

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

(fencing) A group of fencers taking part in a competition.

A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.

Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.

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

The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.

(motor racing) Pole position.

A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.

A gun.

A set of players in quadrille etc.

(vulgar) A penis

(rail transport) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.

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

(legal) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.

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

To form a pool.

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

(transitive) To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.

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

(intransitive) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.

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

A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools of Solomon.

(obsolete) The firmament; the sky.

A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.

Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.

The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes.

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

A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.

To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.

In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.

(transitive) To furnish with poles for support.

Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.

(transitive) To convey on poles.

A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool.

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

A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.

To strike (the ball) very hard.

An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.

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

To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic.

A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.

To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.

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.

An excavation that is (usually) filled with water

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.

A small lake;

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

An organization of people or resources that can be shared;

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.

An association of companies for some definite purpose

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.

Any communal combination of funds;

The firmament; the sky.

A small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid;

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

The combined stakes of the betters

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

Something resembling a pool of liquid;

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

Any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets

To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.

Combine into a common fund;

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

Join or form a pool of people

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