Set vs. Piece — What's the Difference?

Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position

A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole

Put or bring into a specified state

A written, musical, or artistic creation

Adjust (a clock or watch), typically to show the right time

An instance or example

Harden into a solid or semi-solid state

A coin of specified value

(of the sun, moon, or another celestial body) appear to move towards and below the earth's horizon as the earth rotates

A figure or token used to make moves in a board game

(of a tide or current) take or have a specified direction or course

A firearm.

Start (a fire)

A woman.

(of blossom or a tree) form into or produce (fruit)

A sandwich or other item of food taken as a snack.

Sit

Assemble something from parts or pieces

Group (pupils or students) in sets according to ability.

Extend something

A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together

Patch (something)

The way in which something is set, disposed, or positioned

A thing considered as a unit or an element of a larger thing, quantity, or class; a portion

A radio or television receiver

A portion or part that has been separated from a whole

A collection of scenery, stage furniture, and other articles used for a particular scene in a play or film.

An object that is one member of a group or class

An arrangement of the hair when damp so that it dries in the required style

An artistic, musical, or literary work or composition

A cutting, young plant, or bulb used in the propagation of new plants.

An instance; a specimen

The last coat of plaster on a wall.

What one has to say about something; an opinion

The amount of spacing in type controlling the distance between letters.

A coin

Variant spelling of sett

One of the counters or figures used in playing various board games.

Another term for plant (sense 4 of the noun)

Any one of the chess figures other than a pawn.

Fixed or arranged in advance

(Slang) A firearm, especially a rifle.

Ready, prepared, or likely to do something

(Informal) A given distance

To put in a specified position or arrangement; place

To mend by adding pieces or a piece to

To put into a specified state

To join or unite the pieces of

To cause to begin an action

A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.

To cause or assign (someone) to undertake an action or perform a service

A single item belonging to a class of similar items.

To incite to hostile feeling or action

(chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games.

To position (oneself) so as to be ready to do something, such as start running a race.

A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.

To position or secure so as to be fixed or immobile

An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.

To put in a mounting; mount

An article published in the press.

To apply jewels to; stud

(military) An artillery gun.

To cause (a hook) to become fixed in a fish's mouth.

A gun.

To arrange for the consumption of a meal

A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.

To adjust (an instrument or device) to a specific point or calibration

A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.

To prepare (a trap) for catching prey.

A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.

To adjust (a saw) by deflecting the teeth.

A shoddy or worthless object usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances.

(Nautical)To spread open to the wind

A cannabis pipe.

To arrange scenery on (a theater stage).

Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.

To restore to a proper and normal state when dislocated or broken

An individual; a person.

To apply equipment, such as curlers and clips, to (hair) in order to style.

(obsolete) A castle; a fortified building.

To concentrate or direct (one's mind or attention, for example) on a purpose or goal.

(US) A pacifier; a dummy.

To direct or focus (one's desires or hopes, for example) on a certain thing.

(colloquial) A distance.

(Sports)To pass (a volleyball), usually with the fingertips, in an arc close to the net so that a teammate can drive it over the net.

(rowing) A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.

To arrange (type) into words and sentences preparatory to printing; compose.

An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.

To transpose (text, for example) into type.

(slang) An ounce of a recreational drug.

To compose (music) to fit a given text.

To assemble (something real or figurative).

To write (words) to fit a given melodic line.

To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.

To declare or demonstrate (a precedent or standard, for instance).

(slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.

To provide or establish as a model

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces.

To establish as the highest level of performance

A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.

To arrange or establish (a computer password, for example) to allow future action.

Any one thing conceived of as apart from other things of the same kind; an individual article; a distinct single effort of a series; a definite performance

To prescribe as a time for

An individual; - applied to a person as being of a certain nature or quality; often, but not always, used slightingly or in contempt.

To prescribe the unfolding of (a drama or narrative, for instance) in a specific place

One of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn.

To value or regard something at the rate of

A castle; a fortified building.

To fix at a given amount

To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment; - often with out.

To make as an estimate of worth

To unite; to join; to combine.

To cause to sit

To unite by a coalescence of parts; to fit together; to join.

To put (a hen) on eggs for the purpose of hatching them.

A separate part of a whole;

To point to the location of (game) by holding a fixed body position. Used of a hunting dog.

An item that is an instance of some type;

(Botany)To produce, as after pollination

A portion of a natural object;

To disappear below the horizon

A musical work that has been created;

To diminish or decline; wane

An instance of some kind;

To sit on eggs. Used of fowl.

An artistic or literary composition;

To become fixed; harden

A portable gun;

To become permanent. Used of dye.

A serving that has been cut from a larger portion;

To become whole; knit. Used of a broken bone.

A distance;

To point to the location of game by holding a fixed body position. Used of a hunting dog.

A work of art of some artistic value;

(Botany)To mature or develop, as after pollination.

A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition;

(Nonstandard)To sit

A share of something;

To position oneself preparatory to an action, such as running a race.

Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games;

Fixed or established by agreement

To join or unite the pieces of;

Established by convention

Make by putting pieces together;

Established deliberately; intentional

Join during spinning;

Fixed and rigid

Eat intermittently; take small bites of;

Unwilling or very reluctant to change

Repair by adding pieces;

Intent and determined

Ready; prepared

The act or process of setting.

The condition resulting from setting.

The manner in which something is positioned

A permanent firming or hardening of a substance, as by cooling.

The deflection of the teeth of a saw.

The carriage or bearing of a part of the body.

A particular psychological state, usually that of anticipation or preparedness

A descent below the horizon.

The direction or course of wind or water.

A seedling, slip, or cutting that is ready for planting.

The act of arranging hair by waving and curling it.

(Sports)The act of setting a volleyball for a teammate.

In Texas hold'em, a hand in which a player has two cards of the same rank and another card of that rank is among the community cards.

A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used

A group of persons sharing a common interest

A group of books or periodicals published as a unit.

A number of couples required for participation in a square dance.

The movements constituting a square dance.

The scenery constructed for a theatrical performance.

The entire enclosure in which a movie is filmed; the sound stage.

A session of music, typically dance music, played before an intermission.

The music so played.

The collective receiving apparatus assembled to operate a radio or television.

(Mathematics) A collection of distinct elements having specific common properties

A group of games constituting one division or unit of a match, as in tennis.

An offensive formation in football or basketball.

Variant of Seth2.

(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.

(transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

(transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.

(transitive) To start (a fire).

To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

(transitive) To determine or settle.

(transitive) To adjust.

(transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.

(transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.

(transitive) To introduce or describe.

(transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.

(transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).

(transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).

(transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.

(transitive) To arrange (type).

(transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.

To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.

(intransitive) To solidify.

(transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.

(intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.

To defeat a contract.

To begin to move; to go forth.

To produce after pollination.

To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.

To sit be in a seated position.

To hunt game with the aid of a setter.

Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.

To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.

(ambitransitive) To fit music to words.

(ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.

To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.

To place or fix in a setting.

To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.

To extend and bring into position; to spread.

To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.

To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.

(masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

(obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.

To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

(obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.

To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.

(Scotland) To suit; to become.

To divide a class group in a subject according to ability

A punch for setting nails in wood.

A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.

: a hole made and lived in by a badger.

: pattern of threads and yarns.

: piece of quarried stone.

(horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.

The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.

(engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.

A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.

(piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.

The width of the body of a type.

A young oyster when first attached.

Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.

A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)

(colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.

The pattern of a tartan, etc.

The camber of a curved roofing tile.

The full number of eggs set under a hen.

That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.

A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.

A rudimentary fruit.

The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.

General movement; direction; drift; tendency.

A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)

A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.

An object made up of several parts.

(set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.

Set theory.

A group of people, usually meeting socially.

The scenery for a film or play.

The general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.

(dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.

(exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.

(tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.

(volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.

(volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.

(music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.

(music) A drum kit, a drum set.

A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.

Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand.

Fixed in position.

Rigid, solidified.

Ready, prepared.

Intent, determined (to do something).

Prearranged.

Fixed in one’s opinion.

(of hair) Fixed in a certain style.

To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.

Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.

To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to.

To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud.

To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt.

To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.

To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.

To stake at play; to wager; to risk.

To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard.

To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.

To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.

To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash.

To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm.

To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.

To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.

To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.

To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.

To value; to rate; - with at.

To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; - said of hunting dogs.

To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.

To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill.

To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.

To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.

To fit music to words.

To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).

To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

To congeal; to concrete; to solidify; - of cements, glues, gels, concrete, substances polymerizing into plastics, etc.

To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.

To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; - now followed by out.

To indicate the position of game; - said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter.

To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; - now followed by out.

To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.

Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.

Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.

Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.

Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.

Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.

The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination.

That which is set, placed, or fixed.

Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.

A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc.

A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set.

A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique.

A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece.

Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.

A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface. Called also nail set.

In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed.

The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade.

A young oyster when first attached.

A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce.

That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width.

Any of various standards of measurement of the fineness of cloth; specif., the number of reeds in one inch and the number of threads in each reed. The exact meaning varies according to the location where it is used. Sometimes written sett.

A stone, commonly of granite, shaped like a short brick and usually somewhat larger than one, used for street paving. Commonly written sett.

Camber of a curved roofing tile.

The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit; as, the set of a coat.

Any collection or group of objects considered together.

An evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long snout; his was the brother and murderer of Osiris. Called also Seth

A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used;

(mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols;

Several exercises intended to be done in series;

Representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production;

An unofficial association of people or groups;

A relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way;

The act of putting something in position;

A unit of play in tennis or squash;

The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization;

Evil beast-headed Egyptian god with high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris

The descent of a heavenly body below the horizon;

(psychology) a temporary readiness to respond in a particular way;

Any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals;

Put into a certain place or abstract location;

Fix conclusively or authoritatively;

Decide upon or fix definitely;

Establish as the highest level or best performance;

Put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state;

Fix in a border;

Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc;

Set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly;

Locate;

Disappear beyond the horizon;

Adapt for performance in a different way;

Put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground;

Apply or start;

Become gelatinous;

Put into a position that will restore a normal state;

Insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)

Give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor

Urge a dog to attack someone

Estimate;

Equip with sails, masts, etc.;

Get ready for a particular purpose or event;

Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;

Bear fruit;

Arrange attractively;

(usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed;

Fixed and unmoving;

Situated in a particular spot or position;

Set down according to a plan:

Being below the horizon;

Determined or decided upon as by an authority;

Converted to solid form (as concrete)