Base vs. Location: What's the Difference?
Edited by Sumera Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Published on November 6, 2023
Base typically refers to a foundational point or place of operation, while Location refers to a particular place or position.
Key Differences
Base often refers to the main center or starting point of something, where activities or operations begin and often return. Location, on the other hand, generally speaks to a specific place or position, regardless of its activity or significance.
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In military terms, a Base is a secured area where troops are stationed or from where operations are directed. A Location in the same context might refer to any given point on a map, which could be a target, a rendezvous point, or simply a reference.
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Base can also refer to the underlying or supporting part of something, such as the base of a statue. A Location might describe where that statue stands, be it in a park, a museum, or a town square.
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In a chemical context, a Base is a substance that can accept protons or donate a pair of electrons. In contrast, Location in the lab would point to where a particular chemical or apparatus is placed or found.
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Sports offer another comparison: in baseball, a Base is one of the four points that a player aims to reach safely. The Location would describe where on the field that base is situated, such as first base being on the right side from the batter's perspective.
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Comparison Chart
Grammatical Use
Often used as a noun.
Primarily used as a noun but can also be used as a verb in some contexts.
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Contextual Role
Indicates a starting point or foundational element.
Denotes a specific point or area in space.
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In Mathematics
Refers to the number that gets raised to an exponent.
Not typically used in mathematical context.
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Base and Location Definitions
Base
An underlying substance or layer.
The base of the paint was a rich primer.
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Location
A particular place or position.
The location of the treasure was marked on the map.
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Base
A main ingredient to which other things are added.
The soup’s base was a flavorful chicken broth.
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Location
A setting or backdrop for a film or photo shoot.
The beach was the perfect location for the movie scene.
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Location
A point in computer memory where data is stored.
The program saves data to a specific location on the drive.
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Base
The part of a plant or animal organ that is nearest to its point of attachment.
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Location
A place where a business or organization operates.
The store has a new location downtown.
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Location
The act of locating or positioning.
The location of the missing item took hours.
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Base
A supporting part or layer; a foundation
A skyscraper built on a base of solid rock.
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Location
The act or process of locating
Location of the lost hikers took two days.
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Base
A basic or underlying element; infrastructure
The nation's industrial base.
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Base
The fundamental principle or underlying concept of a system or theory; a basis.
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Location
A site away from a studio at which part or all of a movie is shot
Filming a Western on location in the Mexican desert.
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Base
The fact, observation, or premise from which a reasoning process is begun.
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Base
(Baseball) Any one of the four corners of an infield, marked by a bag or plate, that must be touched by a runner before a run can be scored.
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(South Africa) An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; township.
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Base
The portion of a social organization, especially a political party, consisting of the most dedicated or motivated members.
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A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
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The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc
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(Kenya) An administrative region in Kenya, below counties and subcounties, and further divided into sublocations.
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Base
A facial cosmetic used to even out the complexion or provide a surface for other makeup; a foundation.
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Base
(Architecture) The lowest part of a structure, such as a wall, considered as a separate unit
The base of a column.
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Base
(Linguistics) A morpheme or morphemes regarded as a form to which affixes or other bases may be added.
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Base
The side or face of a geometric figure to which an altitude is or is thought to be drawn.
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Base
The number that is raised to various powers to generate the principal counting units of a number system. The base of the decimal system, for example, is 10.
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The number raised to the logarithm of a designated number in order to produce that designated number; the number at which a chosen logarithmic scale has the value 1.
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Location
A determination of the location of something;
He got a good fix on the target
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Base
Any of a class of compounds whose aqueous solutions are characterized by a bitter taste, a slippery feel, the ability to turn litmus blue, and the ability to react with acids to form salts.
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Base
A substance that can donate a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond.
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Base
One of the nitrogen-containing purines (adenine and guanine) or pyrimidines (cytosine, thymine, and uracil) that occurs attached to the sugar component of DNA or RNA.
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Base
Situated at or near the base or bottom
A base camp for the mountain climbers.
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Base
Having or showing a lack of decency; contemptible, mean-spirited, or selfish.
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Base
To find a basis for; establish
Based her conclusions on the report.
A film based on a best-selling novel.
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Base
(cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
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Base
(chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.
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Base
(baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.
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Base
(architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
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Base
(botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
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Base
(electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
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Base
(geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
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Base
(mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
The logarithm to base 2 of 8 is 3.
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Base
(topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
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Base
(group theory) A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
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Base
In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
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Base
(linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
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Base
A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mail or other armour) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
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Base
A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
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Base
(politics) A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
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Base
(Marxism) The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
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Base
(transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
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Base
(legal) Not held by honourable service.
A base estate is one held by services not honourable, or held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant is a base tenant.
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Base
Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.
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Base
Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals.
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Base
Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations.
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Base
Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant, a base tenant.
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Base
The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue.
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Base
Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork.
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Base
The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented.
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Base
That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support.
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The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; - applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids.
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Base
The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions.
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Base
The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand.
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Base
The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms.
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Base
A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base.
The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar.
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Base
A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc.
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Base
That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ.
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Base
A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
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Base
The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games.
To their appointed base they went.
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Base
A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
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Base
To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; - used with on or upon.
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Base
Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water;
Bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia
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Base
Installation from which a military force initiates operations;
The attack wiped out our forward bases
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Base
Lowest support of a structure;
It was built on a base of solid rock
He stood at the foot of the tower
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Base
Place that runner must touch before scoring;
He scrambled to get back to the bag
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Base
(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place;
10 is the radix of the decimal system
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Base
(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment;
The base of the skull
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Base
The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;
The whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
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Base
The bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed;
The base of the triangle
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Base
The most important or necessary part of something;
The basis of this drink is orange juice
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Base
An intensely anti-western terrorist network that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist group; has cells in more than 50 countries
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Base
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
Thematic vowels are part of the stem
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Base
The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area;
The industrial base of Japan
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Base
The principal ingredient of a mixture;
Glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments
He told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green
Everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base
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Base
A flat bottom on which something is intended to sit;
A tub should sit on its own base
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Base
(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
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Base
Serving as or forming a base;
The painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats
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Base
(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal;
Base coins of aluminum
A base metal
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Base
Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
Baseborn wretches with dirty faces
Of humble (or lowly) birth
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Base
Not adhering to ethical or moral principles;
Base and unpatriotic motives
A base, degrading way of life
Cheating is dishonorable
They considered colonialism immoral
Unethical practices in handling public funds
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Base
Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality;
That liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble
Taking a mean advantage
Chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort
Something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics
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Base
The lowest part or edge of something.
The base of the mountain is dense with forests.
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Base
A place of operations or headquarters.
The army set up a base in the desert.
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Base
A number as a standard for exponentiation.
In the expression 2^3, 2 is the base.
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FAQs
What does Base mean in mathematics?
In mathematics, a Base refers to the number that gets raised to an exponent.
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How is Location used in filmmaking?
In filmmaking, Location refers to a setting or backdrop for a particular scene or sequence.
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Does Location always refer to a geographical place?
No, Location can also refer to a point in computer memory or a setting in a story or film.
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Can Base refer to a place?
Yes, Base can refer to a place of operations or headquarters, such as a military base.
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Is Base the same as foundation?
While both can refer to a supporting or starting point, foundation often implies the underlying structural support, while Base might refer more to a point of origin or operation.
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Can Location be used as a verb?
Yes, Location can be used as a verb, especially in contexts like "locating" an object or place.
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Can Base also refer to moral principles?
Yes, Base can refer to fundamental principles or values, though when used negatively, it can mean lacking moral principles.
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How does a Base differ from a satellite office?
A Base typically refers to the main or central office, while a satellite office is a secondary office located elsewhere.
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What is a Base in chemistry?
In chemistry, a Base is a substance that can accept protons or donate a pair of electrons.
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What does it mean by the Location of a business?
The Location of a business refers to the physical place or address where it operates.
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What is a Base rate in economics?
In economics, the Base rate is the interest rate set by a central bank from which other interest rates are derived.
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Can Location determine a property's value?
Yes, Location is often a key factor in determining real estate values, as in "location, location, location."
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Is Location always fixed?
Not always. While a Location can refer to a fixed point, it can also refer to a movable or temporary position.
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How does Location play a role in business strategy?
Location can determine accessibility to customers, resources, and other factors crucial for business success.
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Can Base be used in a figurative sense?
Yes, Base can be used figuratively to denote the main aspect or primary factor of something.
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How is the word Location used in technology?
In technology, Location can refer to a specific point in computer memory or even a user's geographical position as detected by a device.
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Can Base refer to a point in a game?
Yes, in games like baseball, Base refers to one of the points a player aims to reach.
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