Pull vs. Pool — What's the Difference?

To apply force to (something) so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the source of the force

A small body of still water.

To remove from a fixed position; extract

An accumulation of standing liquid; a puddle

To tug at; jerk or tweak

A deep or still place in a stream.

To rip or tear; rend

A swimming pool.

To stretch (taffy, for example) repeatedly.

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

To strain (a muscle, for example) injuriously.

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.

(Informal) To attract; draw

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

(Slang) To draw out (a weapon) in readiness for use

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

(Informal) To remove

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

(Sports) To hit (a ball) so that it moves in the direction away from the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the left of a right-handed player.

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

To operate (an oar) in rowing.

The persons or parties participating in such a fund.

To transport or propel by rowing.

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

To be rowed by

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

To rein in (a horse) to keep it from winning a race.

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

(Printing) To produce (a print or an impression) from type.

To form pools or a pool

To exert force in moving something toward the source of the force

To accumulate in a body part

To move in a certain direction or toward a certain goal

To put into a pool, as for common use

To gain a position closer to an objective

To join or form a pool.

To drink or inhale deeply

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.

(Nautical) To row a boat.

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

(Informal) To express or feel great sympathy or empathy

Ellipsis of swimming pool

The act or process of pulling

A supply of resources.

Force exerted in pulling or required to overcome resistance in pulling

A set of resources that are kept ready to use.

A sustained effort

A small amount of liquid on a surface.

Something, such as a knob on a drawer, that is used for pulling.

A localized glow of light.

A deep inhalation or draft, as on a cigarette or of a beverage.

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.

(Slang) A means of gaining special advantage; influence

(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.

(Informal) The ability to draw or attract; appeal

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.

To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.

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

To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.

Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.

(transitive) To attract or net; to pull in.

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.

To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.

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.

(transitive) To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.

A set of players in quadrille etc.

(transitive) To retrieve or generate for use.

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

(construction) To obtain (a permit) from a regulatory authority.

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

To do or perform.

To form a pool.

(with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.

(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.

To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.

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

(intransitive) To row.

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.

To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.

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

To draw apart; to tear; to rend.

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.

(transitive) To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).

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 draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.

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.

(UK) To score a certain number of points in a sport.

Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.

(horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning.

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.

To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.

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 in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)

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

(UK) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.

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.

(intransitive) To take a swig or mouthful of drink.

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

To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.

An excavation that is (usually) filled with water

To pluck or pick (flowers, fruit etc.).

A small lake;

(sports) Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched.

An organization of people or resources that can be shared;

An act of pulling applying force toward oneself.

An association of companies for some definite purpose

An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.

Any communal combination of funds;

An advantage over somebody; a means of influencing.

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

Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope.

The combined stakes of the betters

Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest.

Something resembling a pool of liquid;

Or attraction (e.g. of a movie star).

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

The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology

Combine into a common fund;

A journey made by rowing.

Join or form a pool of people

(dated) A contest; a struggle.

Loss or violence suffered.

(colloquial) The act of drinking; a mouthful or swig of a drink.

(cricket) A type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side; a pull shot.

(golf) A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.

A single impression from a handpress.

(printing) A proof sheet.

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

To draw apart; to tear; to rend.

To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.

To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.

To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled.

To take or make, as a proof or impression; - hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.

To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.

The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one.

A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull.

A pluck; loss or violence suffered.

A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull.

The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river.

The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug.

Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull.

A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.

The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you;

The force used in pulling;

Special advantage or influence;

A device used for pulling something;

A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments;

A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke);

A sustained effort;

Cause to move along the ground by pulling;

Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes;

Move into a certain direction;

Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion;

Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation;

Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover;

Steer into a certain direction;

Strain abnormally;

Cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense;

Operate when rowing a boat;

Rein in to keep from winning a race;

Tear or be torn violently;

Hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing;

Strip of feathers;

Draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense;

Take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for;

Take away;