Difference between Station and Base

What is the difference between Station and Base?

Station as a verb is to put in place to perform a task. while Base as a verb is to have as its foundation or starting point.

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 place A 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 farm A 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: If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' they would have chased me around with a giant butterfly net. The same with paying to watch a television station.

Base

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Something from which other things extend; a foundation.# A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; (Basis).A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.Important areas in games and sportsThe lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.One of the three places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out.A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.The name of the controlling terminal of a transistor.The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.A number raised to the power of an exponent.The set of sets from which a topology is generated.A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.A cheerleader who stays on the ground.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To have as its foundation or starting point.To be located (at a particular place).

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: lowinferiorof low standing or rankimmoral, cowardlycommonnonprecious used to describe metals which are not precious; base metal

Example sentence: Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.

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

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