Difference between Mount and Setting

What is the difference between Mount and Setting?

Mount as a noun is a mountain, as in mount everest while Setting as a noun is the time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set.

Mount

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A mountain, as in Mount Everest An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on, unlike a draught horse The number of riders in a cavalry unit or division A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted, as the post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs. To attach an object to a support, as to mount a mailbox on a post To attach a drive or device to the directory structure in order to make it available to the operating system. To get on top of an animal to mate. to have sexual intercourse with someone, something. To begin a military assault

Example sentence: We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount.

Setting

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put (something) down, to rest.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: that disappears below the horizon

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set.A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.A standard level or placement that a knob or control is placed at, for example, the volume setting on a television.

Example sentence: A father figure is setting the blueprint, the model, the standard, the way for you to become a man and take on the world for yourself.

We hope you now know whether to use Mount or Setting in your sentence.

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