Aisle vs. Row

Aisle vs. Row — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Aisle and Row

Aislenoun

A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.

Rownoun

A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.

Aislenoun

A clear path through rows of seating.

Rownoun

A line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.

Aislenoun

A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.

Rownoun

An act or instance of rowing.

I went for an early-morning row.
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Aislenoun

Any path through an otherwise obstructed space.

Rownoun

(weightlifting) An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.

Aislenoun

(transport) Seat in public transport, like plane, train or bus, that's side the aisle.

Do you want to seat window or aisle?

Rownoun

A noisy argument.

Aislenoun

a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)

Rownoun

A continual loud noise.

Who's making that row?
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Aislenoun

passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores

Rowverb

To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.

Aislenoun

part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns

Rowverb

(transitive) To transport in a boat propelled with oars.

to row the captain ashore in his barge

Rowverb

(intransitive) To be moved by oars.

The boat rows easily.

Rowverb

(intransitive) to argue noisily

Rownoun

an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line;

a row of chairs

Rownoun

an angry dispute;

they had a quarrelthey had words

Rownoun

a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally);

a mackerel sky filled with rows of cloudsrows of barbed wire protected the trenches

Rownoun

(construction) a layer of masonry;

a course of bricks

Rownoun

a linear array of numbers side by side

Rownoun

a continuous chronological succession without an interruption;

they won the championship three years in a row

Rownoun

the act of rowing as a sport

Rowverb

propel with oars;

row the boat across the lake