Difference between Pitcher and Mound

What is the difference between Pitcher and Mound?

Pitcher as a noun is one who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc. while Mound as a noun is an artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart.

Pitcher

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc. , the player who delivers the ball to the batter. (Obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle. A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See w:pitcher plant.

Example sentence: As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.

Mound

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To force or pile into a mound or mounds.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart.A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.The place where the pitcher stands to pitch.A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross.Vulva.

Example sentence: I'm pretty much the one that goes to the mound.

We hope you now know whether to use Pitcher or Mound in your sentence.

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