Desk vs. Table
Difference Between Desk and Table
Desknoun
A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.
Tablenoun
Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
Desknoun
A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (especially in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession.
Tablenoun
An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
Desknoun
A department of a newspaper tasked with covering a particular geographical region or aspect of the news.
Tablenoun
A flat tray which can be used as a table.
Deskverb
To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
Tablenoun
The lineup of players at a given table.
That's the strongest table I've ever seen at a European Poker Tour eventDesknoun
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
Tablenoun
A group of people at a table, for example for a meal or game.
Tablenoun
A service of Holy Communion.
Tablenoun
A two-dimensional presentation of data.
Tablenoun
A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
Tablenoun
A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.
The children were practising multiplication tables.Don’t you know your tables?Here is a table of natural logarithms.Tablenoun
A lookup table, most often a set of vectors.
Tablenoun
(sports) A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
Tablenoun
(musical instruments) The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
Tablenoun
(backgammon) One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
Tablenoun
The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
Tableverb
To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
to table finesTableverb
To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed.
Tableverb
(obsolete) To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict.
Tableverb
(non-US) To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.
Tableverb
To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something.
The legislature tabled the amendment, so they will not be discussing it until later.The motion was tabled, ensuring that it would not be taken up until a later date.Tableverb
To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks.
Tableverb
To put on a table.
Tableverb
(nautical) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.
Tablenoun
a set of data arranged in rows and columns;
see table 1Tablenoun
a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs;
it was a sturdy tableTablenoun
a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it;
I reserved a table at my favorite restaurantTablenoun
flat tableland with steep edges;
the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for waterTablenoun
a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game;
he entertained the whole table with his witty remarksTablenoun
food or meals in general;
she sets a fine tableroom and boardTableverb
hold back to a later time;
let's postpone the exam
