Difference between Place and Station

What is the difference between Place and Station?

Place as a noun is a location or position. while Station as a noun is a stopping place

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: Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Station

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put in place to perform a task.To put in place to perform military duty.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A stopping placeA regular stopping place for ground transportation.A ground transportation depot.One of the Stations of the Cross.A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.A place where one performs a tasks or where one is on call to perform a task.Standing; rank; position.A military base.A place used for broadcasting radio or television.A broadcasting entity.A very large sheep or cattle farmA harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.

Example sentence: I hit Damian Fuller with a left hook that left him laid out for 30-45 minutes. They brought oxygen to him, they couldn't wake him up, he was out cold. The television station kept having to take breaks, he was out so long. It was unbelievable. That was the best one-shot I've ever done in my life.

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

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