Vertical vs. Plumb — What's the Difference?

Being or situated at right angles to the horizon; upright.

Measure (the depth of a body of water)

Situated at the vertex or highest point; directly overhead.

Test (an upright surface) to determine the vertical

(Anatomy) Of or relating to the vertex of the head.

Install an appliance such as a bath, toilet, or washing machine and connect to water and drainage pipes

Relating to or involving all stages from production to sale

A ball of lead or other heavy object attached to the end of a line for finding the depth of water or determining the vertical on an upright surface.

Of or relating to a business model that offers a specific product or service to a specific customer base rather than offering a wide range of products or services in a wider market.

Exactly

Relating to or composed of elements at different levels, as of society.

Vertically

(Medicine) Of or relating to transmission of a disease or condition from parent to offspring, either through genetic inheritance or through circumstances occurring between conception and birth.

Vertical

Something vertical, as a line, plane, or circle.

A weight on the end of a line, used to determine water depth.

A vertical position.

A weight on the end of a line, used especially by masons and carpenters to establish a true vertical.

Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.

In a vertical or perpendicular line.

In a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis y oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis x.

(Informal) Directly; squarely

In a three-dimensional co-ordinate system, describing the axis z oriented normal (perpendicular, orthogonal) to the basic plane xy.

Also plum(Informal) Utterly; completely

(marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.

Exactly vertical.

(wine tasting) Involving different vintages of the same wine type from the same winery.

Also plum(Informal) Utter; absolute; sheer

(music) Of an interval: having the two notes sound simultaneously.

To determine the depth of with a plumb; sound.

A vertex or zenith.

To test the verticality or alignment of with a plumb.

A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.

To straighten or make perpendicular

An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.

To examine closely or deeply; probe

A vertical component of a structure.

To seal with lead.

(marketing) A vertical market.

To outfit with or connect to a plumbing system

Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.

To work as a plumber.

Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line.

Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.

Vertical position; zenith.

(cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of their wicket and should be given out.

A vertical line, plane, or circle.

In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.

Something that is oriented vertically

(informal) Squarely, directly; deeply, completely.

A vertical structural member as a post or stake;

A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.

At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line;

(nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.

Upright in position or posture;

The perpendicular direction or position.

To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.

To attach to a water supply and drain.

To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.

To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.

To accurately align vertically or horizontally.

(dated) To seal something with lead.

(intransitive) To work as a plumber.

(rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.

To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.

(nautical) To position vertically above or below.

A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below.

Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.

In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.

To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.

To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test.

To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.

To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.

The metal bob of a plumb line

Measure the depth of something

Weight with lead

Examine thoroughly and in great depth

Adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical

Exactly vertical;

Completely; used as intensifiers;

Conforming to the direction of a plumb line

Exactly;