Plectrum vs. Pick
Difference Between Plectrum and Pick
Plectrumnoun
(music) A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
Picknoun
A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
Plectrumnoun
A projection of bone or other stiff tissue, such as the ridges in some insects' stridulatory organs.
Picknoun
A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
Plectrumnoun
a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
Picknoun
A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
Picknoun
A choice; ability to choose.
Picknoun
That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
Picknoun
(basketball) A screen.
Picknoun
(lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
Picknoun
(American football) An interception.
Picknoun
(baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.
Picknoun
(baseball) A pickoff.
Picknoun
(music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
Picknoun
A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
Picknoun
(obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
Picknoun
A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet.
Picknoun
That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
Picknoun
(weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
so many picks to an inchPickverb
To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
Don't pick at that scab.He picked his nose.Pickverb
To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
It's time to pick the tomatoes.Pickverb
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
She picked flowers in the meadow.to pick feathers from a fowlPickverb
To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
to pick ragsPickverb
To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocketPickverb
To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
I'll pick the one with the nicest name.Seek an opportunity to quarrel or argue with someone.Pickverb
(cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
He didn't pick the googly, and was bowled.Pickverb
(music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
He picked a tune on his banjo.Pickverb
To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
Pickverb
To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
Pickverb
To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
Pickverb
To steal; to pilfer.
Pickverb
(obsolete) To throw; to pitch.
Pickverb
(dated) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.
Pickverb
(ambitransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.Picknoun
the person or thing chosen or selected;
he was my pick for mayorPicknoun
the quantity of a crop that is harvested;
he sent the first picking of berries to the marketit was the biggest peach pick in yearsPicknoun
the best people or things in a group;
the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great WarPicknoun
the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
Picknoun
a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
Picknoun
a thin sharp implement used for picking;
he used a pick to clean dirt out of the cracksPicknoun
a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends;
they used picks and sledges to break the rocksPicknoun
a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body;
he was called for setting an illegal pickPicknoun
the act of choosing or selecting;
your choice of colors was unfortunateyou can take your pickPickverb
select carefully from a group;
She finally picked her successorHe picked his way carefullyPickverb
look for and gather;
pick mushroomspick flowersPickverb
harass with constant criticism;
Don't always pick on your little brotherPickverb
provoke;
pick a fight or a quarrelPickverb
remove in small bits;
pick meat from a bonePickverb
remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits;
Clean the turkeyPickverb
pilfer or rob;
pick pocketsPickverb
pay for something;
pick up the tabpick up the burden of high-interest mortgagesfoot the billPickverb
pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion;
he plucked the strings of his mandolinPickverb
attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example;
Pick open the icePickverb
hit lightly with a picking motion
Pickverb
eat intermittently; take small bites of;
He pieced at the sandwich all morningShe never eats a full meal--she just nibbles
