cockpit vs pulpit

cockpit

noun
  • A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located. 

  • The compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled; an analogous area in a spacecraft. 

  • A site of conflict; a battlefield. 

  • The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile). 

  • An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control. 

  • The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay. 

  • The vagina. 

  • A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes. 

  • A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting. 

pulpit

noun
  • The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck. It is sometimes referred to as bow pulpit. The railing at the stern of the boat is sometimes referred to as a stern pulpit; other texts use the term pushpit. 

  • A raised desk, lectern, or platform for an orator or public speaker. 

  • A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon. 

  • A bow platform for harpooning. 

  • Activity performed from a church pulpit, in other words, preaching, sermons, religious teaching, the preaching profession, preachers collectively or an individual preaching position; by extension: bully pulpit. 

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