Kettle vs. Pot
Difference Between Kettle and Pot
Kettlenoun
A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on.There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.Potnoun
A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.
Kettlenoun
The quantity held by a kettle.
Potnoun
Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly
Kettlenoun
(British) A vessel for boiling water for tea; a teakettle.
Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.Potnoun
A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.
Kettlenoun
(geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
Potnoun
A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffee or teapot.
Kettlenoun
A collective term for a group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
Potnoun
A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
Kettlenoun
A steam locomotive
Potnoun
A vessel used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot; a toilet; the lavatory.
Shit or get off the pot.Kettlenoun
(musical instruments) A kettledrum.
Potnoun
A crucible: a melting pot.
Kettlenoun
An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
Potnoun
A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobsterpot.
Kettleverb
To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
Potnoun
A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.
Kettlenoun
a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
Potnoun
A perforated cask for draining sugar.
Kettlenoun
the quantity a kettle will hold
Potnoun
(obsolete) An earthen or pewter cup or mug used for drinking liquor.
Kettlenoun
(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
Potnoun
A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).
Kettlenoun
a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
Potnoun
(slang) Ruin or deterioration.
After his arrest, his prospects went to pot.Potnoun
(historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
Potnoun
(rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
Potnoun
(gambling) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.
No one's interested. You need to sweeten the pot.Potnoun
A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
Potnoun
(sports) The act of causing a ball to fall into a pocket in cue sports such as billiards.
Potnoun
(slang) nodot=a: a pot-shaped belly, a paunch.
Potnoun
(slang) nodot=a: a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot.
Potnoun
A plaster cast.
Potnoun
(historical) nodot=a: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
Potnoun
Marijuana
Potnoun
A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.
Potnoun
(RPG) lang=en
Potverb
To put (something) into a pot.
to pot a plantPotverb
To preserve by bottling or canning.
potted meatPotverb
(cue sports) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
Potverb
(cue sports) To be capable of being potted.
The black ball doesn't pot; the red is in the way.Potverb
(transitive) To shoot with a firearm.
Potverb
To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.
Potverb
To secure; gain; win; bag.
Potverb
(British) To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.
Potverb
To tipple; to drink.
Potverb
(transitive) To drain.
to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc. with perforated heads, through which the molasses drains offPotverb
To seat a person, usually a young child, onto a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.
Could you please pot the children before sending them to bed?Potverb
To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
Potnoun
metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
Potnoun
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
Potnoun
the quantity contained in a pot
Potnoun
a container in which plants are cultivated
Potnoun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
a batch of lettersa deal of troublea lot of moneyhe made a mint on the stock marketit must have cost plentyPotnoun
the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
Potnoun
slang terms for a paunch
Potnoun
a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
Potnoun
street names for marijuana
Potverb
plant in a pot;
He potted the palm
