Pit vs. Trench

Pit vs. Trench — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Pit and Trench

Pitnoun

A hole in the ground.

Trenchnoun

A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.

Pitnoun

(motor racing) An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.

Trenchnoun

(military) A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.

Pitnoun

(music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.

Trenchnoun

(archaeology) A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.

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Pitnoun

A mine.

Trenchnoun

(informal) A trench coat.

Pitnoun

(archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.

Trenchverb

}} To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.

Pitnoun

(trading) A trading pit.

Trenchverb

To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.

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Pitnoun

The bottom part of something.

I felt pain in the pit of my stomach.

Trenchverb

(archaeology) To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.

Pitnoun

(colloquial) Armpit.

Trenchverb

To have direction; to aim or tend.

Pitnoun

(aviation) A luggage hold.

Trenchverb

To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.

Pitnoun

(countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.

Trenchverb

To cut furrows or ditches in.

to trench land for the purpose of draining it

Pitnoun

The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.

Trenchverb

To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.

to trench a garden for certain crops

Pitnoun

The grave, or underworld.

Trenchnoun

a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth

Pitnoun

An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.

Trenchnoun

a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

Pitnoun

Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.

Trenchnoun

any long ditch cut in the ground

Pitnoun

(gambling) Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.

Trenchverb

impinge or infringe upon;

This impinges on my rights as an individualThis matter entrenches on other domains

Pitnoun

(slang) A pit bull terrier.

I'm taking one of my pits to the vet on Thursday.

Trenchverb

fortify by surrounding with trenches;

He trenched his military camp

Pitnoun

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His circus job was the pits, but at least he was in show business.

Trenchverb

cut or carve deeply into;

letters trenched into the stone

Pitnoun

(slang) A mosh pit.

Trenchverb

set, plant, or bury in a trench;

trench the fallen soldierstrench the vegetables

Pitnoun

A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.

Trenchverb

cut a trench in, as for drainage;

ditch the land to drain ittrench the fields

Pitnoun

A shell in a drupe containing a seed.

Trenchverb

dig a trench or trenches;

The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench

Pitnoun

The core of an implosion weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it.

Pitnoun

(informal) A pit bull terrier.

Pitverb

(transitive) To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.

Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.

Pitverb

To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.

Pitverb

(transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else.

Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles?

Pitverb

To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.

Pitverb

(transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.

One must pit a peach to make it ready for a pie.

Pitnoun

a sizeable hole (usually in the ground);

they dug a pit to bury the body

Pitnoun

a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

Pitnoun

the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed;

you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking

Pitnoun

a trap in the form of a concealed hole

Pitnoun

a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate;

a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'

Pitnoun

lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

Pitnoun

a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

Pitverb

set into opposition or rivalry;

let them match their best athletes against ourspit a chess player against the Russian championHe plays his two children off against each other

Pitverb

mark with a scar;

The skin disease scarred his face permanently

Pitverb

remove the pits from;

pit plums and cherries