Put
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A right to sell something at a predetermined price. A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date. An idiot; a foolish person.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To place something somewhere To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition To exercise a put option To express something in a certain manner To throw a heavy iron ball as a sport. See shot put.
Example sentence: Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
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: Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.