Socket vs. Plug

Socketnoun

(mechanics) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).

Socketnoun

(anatomy) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.

Socketnoun

(computing) One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.

Socketnoun

(computing) One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.

Socketnoun

A hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring.

Socketnoun

The hollow of a candlestick.

Socketnoun

A steel apparatus attached to a saddle to protect the thighs and legs.

Socketverb

To place or fit in a socket.

Socketnoun

An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.

Socketnoun

Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.

Socketnoun

the receptacle of an electric lamp into which a light bulb is inserted, containing contacts to conduct electricity to the bulb.

Socketnoun

the receptacle fixed in a wall and connected by conductive wiring to an electrical supply, containing contacts to conduct electricity, and into which the plug of an electrical device is inserted; - called also a wall socket or outlet. The socket will typically have two or three contacts; if three, the third is connected to a ground for safety.

Socketnoun

a bony hollow into which a structure fits

Socketnoun

receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted

Socketnoun

a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted

Plugnoun

(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket.

Plugnoun

Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.

Plugnoun

(US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.

Plugnoun

A high, tapering silk hat.

Plugnoun

A worthless horse.

Plugnoun

(dated) Any worn-out or useless article.

Plugnoun

(construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.

Plugnoun

(slang) A mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features one or more of these.

Plugnoun

(geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.

Plugnoun

(fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.

Plugnoun

(horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.

Plugnoun

(jewellery) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.

Plugnoun

(slang) A drug dealer.

Plugnoun

A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.

Plugverb

(transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

Plugverb

(transitive) To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.

Plugverb

To persist or continue with something.

Plugverb

(transitive) To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.

Plugverb

To have sex with, penetrate sexually.

Plugnoun

Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

Plugnoun

A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.

Plugnoun

A high, tapering silk hat.

Plugnoun

A worthless horse.

Plugnoun

A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.

Plugverb

To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

Plugnoun

blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

Plugnoun

a wad of something chewable as tobacco

Plugnoun

blatant or sensational promotion

Plugnoun

electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark

Plugnoun

an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection

Plugnoun

an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire

Plugnoun

an old or over-worked horse

Plugverb

fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug;

Plugverb

persist in working hard;

Plugverb

deliver a quick blow to;

Plugverb

make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote