Pellet vs. Pallet

Pellet vs. Pallet — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Pellet and Pallet

Pelletnoun

A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.

a pellet of wood, paper, or ore

Palletnoun

A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.

Pelletnoun

A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.

Palletnoun

(military) A flat base for combining stores or carrying a single item to form a unit load for handling, transportation, and storage by materials handling equipment.

Pelletnoun

Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.

Palletnoun

(military) (DOD only) 463L pallet – An 88” x 108” aluminum flat base used to facilitate the upload and download of aircraft.

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Pelletnoun

(heraldry) A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).

Palletnoun

A straw bed.

Pelletnoun

One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.

Palletnoun

(by extension) A makeshift bed.

Pelletverb

To form into pellets.

Palletnoun

(heraldry) A narrow vertical stripe.

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Pelletverb

To strike with pellets.

Palletverb

(transitive) To load or stack (goods) onto pallets.

Pelletnoun

a small sphere

Palletnoun

the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art

Pelletnoun

a solid missile discharged from a firearm;

the shot buzzed past his ear

Palletnoun

a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it

Palletnoun

a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay

Palletnoun

a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed

Palletnoun

board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used