Difference between Place and Seat

What is the difference between Place and Seat?

Place as a noun is a location or position. while Seat as a noun is a place in which to sit.

Place

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A location or position. An open space, courtyard, market square. A group of houses. A region of a land. Somewhere for a person to sit. A frame of mind. A house or home. A role or purpose; a station. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity. The position of a contestant in a competition. The position as a member of a sports team.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put (an object or person) in a specific location. To earn a given spot in a competition. To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered. To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race. To sing (a note) with the correct pitch. To arrange for or to make (a bet). To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.

Example sentence: Wherever you go, your memories from the place you grew up in always remain special.

Seat

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put an object into a place where it will rest.To provide places to sit.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A place in which to sit.The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting.The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.The location of a governing body.an electoral district, especially for a national legislature.

Example sentence: People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

We hope you now know whether to use Place or Seat in your sentence.

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