Bucket vs. Pale
Difference Between Bucket and Pale
Bucketnoun
A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
I need a bucket to carry the water from the well.Paleadjective
Light in color.
I have pale yellow wallpaper.She had pale skin because she didn't get much sunlight.Bucketnoun
The amount held in this container.
The horse drank a whole bucket of water.Paleadjective
(of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
His face turned pale after hearing about his mother's death.Bucketnoun
A unit of measure equal to four gallons.
Paleadjective
Feeble, faint.
He is but a pale shadow of his former self.Bucketnoun
Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
Paleverb
(intransitive) To turn pale; to lose colour.
Bucketnoun
(slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
Paleverb
(intransitive) To become insignificant.
Bucketnoun
The basket.
The forward drove to the bucket.Paleverb
(transitive) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
Bucketnoun
A field goal.
We can't keep giving up easy buckets.Paleverb
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
Bucketnoun
(variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
Palenoun
(obsolete) Paleness; pallor.
Bucketnoun
(computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
Palenoun
A wooden stake; a picket.
Bucketnoun
A large amount of liquid.
It rained buckets yesterday.I was so nervous that I sweated buckets.Palenoun
(archaic) Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
Bucketnoun
A bucket bag.
Palenoun
(by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of).
Bucketnoun
The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
Palenoun
The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
Bucketnoun
The pitcher in certain orchids.
Palenoun
(heraldry) A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
Bucketverb
(transitive) To place inside a bucket.
Palenoun
(archaic) A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.
Bucketverb
(transitive) To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.
to bucket waterPalenoun
(historical) The parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction.
Bucketverb
To rain heavily.
Palenoun
(historical) The territory around Calais under English control (from the 14th to 16th centuries).
Bucketverb
To travel very quickly.
Palenoun
(historical) A portion of Russia in which Jews were permitted to live.
Bucketverb
To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
Palenoun
(archaic) The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
Bucketverb
(transitive) To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
Palenoun
A cheese scoop.
Bucketverb
To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
Palenoun
A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
Bucketnoun
a roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top
Palenoun
a wooden strip forming part of a fence
Bucketnoun
the quantity contained in a bucket
Paleverb
turn pale, as if in fear
Bucketverb
put into a bucket
Paleadjective
very light colored; highly diluted with white;
pale seagreenpale blue eyesBucketverb
carry in a bucket
Paleadjective
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble;
the pale light of a half moona pale sunthe late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the streeta pallid skythe pale (or wan) starsthe wan light of dawnPaleadjective
lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness;
a pale rendition of the ariapale prose with the faint sweetness of lavendera pallid performancePaleadjective
abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress;
the pallid face of the invalidher wan face suddenly flushedPaleadjective
not full or rich;
high, pale, pure and lovely song
