depot vs terminal

depot

noun
  • A bus station or railway station. 

  • A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units. 

  • A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse. 

  • A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service 

  • A place for the storage, servicing or upgrade of military hardware. 

  • The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service. 

  • The tableau; the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games. 

terminal

noun
  • A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City. 

  • A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus. 

  • A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display. 

  • A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes. 

  • A computer program that emulates a physical terminal. 

  • An electric contact on a battery. 

  • A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles. 

  • the end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus. 

  • The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide. 

  • The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device. 

  • A terminal symbol in a formal grammar. 

  • A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution. 

  • A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses. 

adj
  • Fatal; resulting in death. 

  • Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object. 

  • Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it 

verb
  • To store bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) in storage tanks prior to further distribution. 

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