Pint vs. Point

Pint vs. Point — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Pint and Point

Pintnoun

A unit of volume, equivalent to:

Pointnoun

A discrete division of something.

Pintnoun

⅛ of a gallon

Pointnoun

An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.

The Congress debated the finer points of the bill.

Pintnoun

approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint)

Pointnoun

A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.

There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up.At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.
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Pintnoun

(United States) approximately

Pointnoun

(archaic) Condition, state.

She was not feeling in good point.

Pintnoun

(Hungary) 1.696 liters

Pointnoun

A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition.

I made the point that we all had an interest to protect.

Pintnoun

(medicine) 12 ounces

Pointnoun

A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.

The point is that we should stay together, whatever happens.
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Pintnoun

A pint of milk.

Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman.

Pointnoun

A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.

Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion.

Pintnoun

(metonym) A glass of beer, served by the pint.

Pointnoun

(obsolete) The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit.

Pintnoun

a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters

Pointnoun

(obsolete) A tiny amount of time; a moment.

Pintnoun

a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches

Pointnoun

A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.

We should meet at a pre-arranged point.

Pintnoun

a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart

Pointnoun

A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.

Pointnoun

A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.

Pointnoun

(music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.

Pointnoun

(by extension) A note; a tune.

Pointnoun

A distinguishing quality or characteristic.

Logic isn't my strong point.

Pointnoun

Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.

The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.

Pointnoun

(now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Pointnoun

Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.

Pointnoun

A unit of scoring in a game or competition.

The one with the most points will win the game

Pointnoun

(mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).

10.5 is "ten point five", or ten and a half.

Pointnoun

(economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.

Pointnoun

(typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).

Pointnoun

(UK) An electric power socket.

Pointnoun

A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.

Ship ahoy, three points off the starboard bow!

Pointnoun

(UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.

Pointnoun

A sharp extremity.

Pointnoun

The sharp tip of an object.

Cut the skin with the point of the knife.

Pointnoun

Any projecting extremity of an object.

Pointnoun

An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.

His cowboy belt was studded with points.

Pointnoun

(backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.

Pointnoun

A peninsula or promontory.

Pointnoun

The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.

Pointnoun

Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.

Pointnoun

(nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.

to fall off a point

Pointnoun

Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.

Pointnoun

A railroad switch.

Pointnoun

An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.

The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable.

Pointnoun

A tine or snag of an antler.

Pointnoun

(fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.

tierce point

Pointnoun

(heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.

Pointnoun

(nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.

Pointnoun

(historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.

Pointnoun

Lace worked by the needle.

point de Venise; Brussels point

Pointnoun

An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.

Pointnoun

The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.

The dog came to a point.

Pointnoun

(falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.

Pointnoun

The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.

Pointnoun

The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.

Pointnoun

A vaccine point.

Pointnoun

In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.

Pointnoun

(cricket) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.

Pointnoun

The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.

Pointnoun

(baseball) The position of the pitcher and catcher.

Pointnoun

(hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.

Pointverb

(intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.

It's rude to point at other people.

Pointverb

(intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.

The arrow of a compass points northThe skis were pointing uphill.The arrow on the map points towards the entrance

Pointverb

(intransitive) To face in a particular direction.

Pointverb

(transitive) To direct toward an object; to aim.

to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort

Pointverb

To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.

to point a dart, a pencil, or (figuratively) a moral

Pointverb

(intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.

Pointverb

To repair mortar.

Pointverb

To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.

Pointverb

(stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.

Pointverb

(transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.

If he asks for food, point him toward the refrigerator.

Pointverb

To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.

Pointverb

(transitive) To mark with diacritics.

Pointverb

(dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.

to point a composition

Pointverb

To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.

Pointverb

To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.

Pointverb

To sail close to the wind.

Bear off a little, we're pointing.

Pointverb

To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.

Pointverb

To approximate to the surface; to head.

Pointverb

(obsolete) To appoint.

Pointverb

(dated) To give point to (something said or done); to give particular prominence or force to.

Pointnoun

a geometric element that has position but no extension;

a point is defined by its coordinates

Pointnoun

the precise location of something; a spatially limited location;

she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street

Pointnoun

a brief version of the essential meaning of something;

get to the pointhe missed the point of the jokelife has lost its point

Pointnoun

a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process;

a remarkable degree of franknessat what stage are the social sciences?

Pointnoun

an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole;

several of the details are similara point of information

Pointnoun

an instant of time;

at that point I had to leave

Pointnoun

the object of an activity;

what is the point of discussing it?

Pointnoun

a V shape;

the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points

Pointnoun

a very small circular shape;

a row of pointsdraw lines between the dots

Pointnoun

the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest;

he scored 20 points in the first halfa touchdown counts 6 points

Pointnoun

a promontory extending out into a large body of water;

they sailed south around the point

Pointnoun

a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list;

he noticed an item in the New York Timesshe had several items on her shopping listthe main point on the agenda was taken up first

Pointnoun

a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect

Pointnoun

an outstanding characteristic;

his acting was one of the high points of the movie

Pointnoun

sharp end;

he stuck the point of the knife into a treehe broke the point of his pencil

Pointnoun

any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass;

he checked the point on his compass

Pointnoun

a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch

Pointnoun

a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations;

in England they call a period a stop

Pointnoun

a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer;

the point of the arrow was due north

Pointnoun

the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point

Pointnoun

a distinguishing or individuating characteristic;

he knows my bad points as well as my good points

Pointnoun

the gun muzzle's direction;

he held me up at the point of a gun

Pointnoun

a wall socket

Pointnoun

a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs

Pointverb

indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively;

I showed the customer the glove sectionHe pointed to the empty parking spacehe indicated his opponents

Pointverb

be oriented;

The weather vane points North

Pointverb

direct into a position for use;

point a gunHe charged his weapon at me

Pointverb

direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

Pointverb

be a signal for or a symptom of;

These symptoms indicate a serious illnessHer behavior points to a severe neurosisThe economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued

Pointverb

sail close to the wind

Pointverb

mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics

Pointverb

mark with diacritics;

point the letter

Pointverb

mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes

Pointverb

be positionable in a specified manner;

The gun points with ease

Pointverb

intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;

He aimed his fists towards his opponent's facecriticism directed at her superiordirect your anger towards others, not towards yourself

Pointverb

give a point to;

The candles are tapered

Pointverb

repair the joints of bricks;

point a chimney