Unplug vs. Plug — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Unplug and Plug
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Unplug
To remove a plug from.
Plug
An object, such as a cork or a wad of cloth, used to fill a hole tightly; a stopper.
Unplug
To free from an obstruction.
Plug
A dense mass of material that obstructs a passage.
Unplug
To remove (an electric plug) from an outlet.
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Plug
A usually cylindrical or conic piece cut from something larger, often as a sample.
Unplug
To disconnect (an electric appliance) by removing a plug from an outlet.
Plug
A fitting, commonly with two metal prongs for insertion in a fixed socket, used to connect an appliance to a power supply.
Unplug
To become unplugged.
Plug
A spark plug.
Unplug
(transitive) To disconnect from a supply, especially an electrical socket.
To save electricity, I unplug my computer when I am not at home.
Plug
A hydrant.
Unplug
(intransitive) To stop using electronic devices, especially for relaxation or to reduce stress.
Plug
A flat cake of pressed or twisted tobacco.
Unplug
(transitive) To remove a blockage from (especially a water pipe or drain).
I had to unplug the sink the other day: there was far too much hair and gunk down there.
Plug
A piece of chewing tobacco.
Unplug
To temporarily disconnect from worldly experiences.
I need to unplug and spend some time with my family.
Plug
(Geology) A mass of igneous rock filling the vent of a volcano.
Unplug
Of electrical appliances
Plug
(Informal) A favorable public mention of a commercial product, business, or performance, especially when broadcast.
Plug
(Slang) Something inferior, useless, or defective, especially an old, worn-out horse.
Plug
(Slang) A gunshot or bullet
A plug in the back.
Plug
A fishing lure having a hook or hooks.
Plug
To fill (a hole) tightly with or as if with a plug; stop up.
Plug
To insert (something) as a plug
Plugged a cork in the bottle.
Plug
To insert in an appropriate place or position
Plug a quarter into the parking meter.
Plugged the variables into the equation.
Plug
To hit with a bullet; shoot.
Plug
To hit with the fist; punch.
Plug
(Informal) To publicize (a product, for example) favorably, as by mentioning on a broadcast
Authors who plug their latest books on TV talk shows.
Plug
To become stopped up or obstructed
A gutter that plugged up with leaves.
Plug
(Informal) To move or work doggedly and persistently
“You may plug along fifty years before you get anywhere” (Saul Bellow).
Plug
(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.
Plug
(loosely) An electric socket: wall plug.
Plug
Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.
Plug
(US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw.
Plug
A high, tapering silk hat.
Plug
A worthless horse.
That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!
Plug
(dated) Any worn-out or useless article.
Plug
A book that fails to sell.
Plug
(construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
Plug
(slang) A promotion (act of promoting) a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing (concept, etc), for example during an interview or a commercial.
During the interview, the author put in a plug for his latest novel.
She used her tour of the zoo to work in another plug for conservation.
Plug
(geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
Pressure built beneath the plug in the caldera, eventually resulting in a catastrophic explosion of pyroclastic shrapnel and ash.
Plug
(fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
The fisherman cast the plug into a likely pool, hoping to catch a whopper.
Plug
(horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
Plug
(jewellery) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
Plug
(slang) A drug dealer.
Plug
A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
Plug
(aviation) A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.
Plug
(transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.
Plug
(transitive) To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.
The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome.
Plug
To persist or continue with something.
Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.
Plug
(transitive) To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
Plug
To have sex with, penetrate sexually.
I’d love to plug him.
Plug
To ingest a drug rectally
Plug
Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
Plug
A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
Plug
A high, tapering silk hat.
Plug
A worthless horse.
Plug
A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.
Plug
To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
Plug
Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
Plug
A wad of something chewable as tobacco
Plug
Blatant or sensational promotion
Plug
Electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
Plug
An electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
Plug
An upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
Plug
An old or over-worked horse
Plug
Fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug;
Plug the hole
Stop up the leak
Plug
Persist in working hard;
Students must plug away at this problem
Plug
Deliver a quick blow to;
He punched me in the stomach
Plug
Make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
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