Page vs. Sheet

Page vs. Sheet — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Page and Sheet

Pagenoun

One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.

Sheetnoun

A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.

Pagenoun

One side of a paper leaf on which one has written or printed.

Sheetnoun

A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc.

Pagenoun

(figurative) Any record or writing; a collective memory.

the page of history

Sheetnoun

A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.

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Pagenoun

(typesetting) The type set up for printing a page.

Sheetnoun

A thin, flat layer of solid material.

Pagenoun

(computing) A screenful of text and possibly other content.

Sheetnoun

A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.

Pagenoun

(Internet) A web page.

Sheetnoun

(nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.

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Pagenoun

(computing) A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.

Sheetnoun

A sail.

Pagenoun

(obsolete) A serving boy – a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education.

Sheetnoun

(curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.

Pagenoun

(British) A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.

Sheetnoun

(nonstandard) A layer of veneer.

Pagenoun

A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.

Sheetnoun

(figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.

Pagenoun

(in libraries) The common name given to an employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.

Sheetnoun

(geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.

Pagenoun

A boy child.

Sheetnoun

(nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.

fore sheets; stern sheets

Pagenoun

A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman’s dress from the ground.

Sheetverb

To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.

Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.

Pagenoun

A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.

Sheetverb

Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.

We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.

Pagenoun

A message sent to someone's pager.

Sheetverb

(nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.

Pagenoun

Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.

Sheetnoun

any broad thin expanse or surface;

a sheet of ice

Pageverb

(transitive) To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript.

Sheetnoun

used for writing or printing

Pageverb

To turn several pages of a publication.

The patient paged through magazines while he waited for the doctor.

Sheetnoun

bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs

Pageverb

(transitive) To furnish with folios.

Sheetnoun

(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape;

we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y planeany line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane

Pageverb

(transitive) To attend (someone) as a page.

Sheetnoun

newspaper with half-size pages

Pageverb

To call or summon (someone).

Sheetnoun

a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width

Pageverb

(transitive) To contact (someone) by means of a pager or other mobile device.

I’ll be out all day, so page me if you need me.

Sheetnoun

(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

Pageverb

(transitive) To call (somebody) using a public address system so as to find them.

An SUV parked me in. Could you please page its owner?

Sheetnoun

a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

Pagenoun

one side of one leaf (of a book or magasine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

Sheetverb

come down as if in sheets;

The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon

Pagenoun

English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962)

Sheetverb

cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping;

sheet the body

Pagenoun

United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)

Pagenoun

a boy who is employed to run errands

Pagenoun

a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings

Pagenoun

in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood

Pageverb

call out somebody's name over a P.A. system

Pageverb

work as a page;

He is paging in Congress this summer

Pageverb

number the pages of a book or manuscript