discharge vs pot

discharge

verb
  • To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling). 

  • To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to. 

  • To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss. 

  • To release (an accumulated charge). 

  • To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty. 

  • To let fly, as a missile; to shoot. 

  • To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear. 

  • To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument. 

  • To unload a ship or another means of transport. 

  • To give forth; to emit or send out. 

  • To release (an inpatient) from hospital. 

  • To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled. 

  • To set aside; to annul; to dismiss. 

  • To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process. 

  • To release (a member of the armed forces) from service. 

  • To accomplish or complete, as an obligation. 

  • To expel or let go. 

  • To let fly; to give expression to; to utter. 

noun
  • The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second). 

  • The process of flowing out. 

  • The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm. 

  • Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology. 

  • The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance. 

  • The act of expelling or letting go. 

  • The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital. 

  • The act of releasing an accumulated charge. 

  • The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service. 

  • The process of unloading something. 

pot

verb
  • To shoot with a firearm. 

  • To put (something) into a pot. 

  • To secure; gain; win; bag. 

  • To fade volume in or out by means of a potentiometer. 

  • To send someone to gaol, expeditiously. 

  • To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask. 

  • To preserve by bottling or canning. 

  • To cause a ball to fall into a pocket. 

  • To be capable of being potted. 

  • To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb. 

  • To catch (a fish, eel, etc) via a pot. 

  • To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching. 

  • To score (a drop goal). 

noun
  • A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food. 

  • A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot. 

  • A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL). 

  • Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave. 

  • An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet. 

  • Marijuana. 

  • A favorite: a heavily-backed horse. 

  • A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot. 

  • A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot. 

  • A perforated cask for draining sugar. 

  • A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot. 

  • A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground. 

  • The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement. 

  • A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are called potsies. 

  • A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot. 

  • A plaster cast. 

  • Any of various traditional units of volume notionally based on the capacity of a pot. 

  • A crucible: a melting pot. 

  • Ruin or deterioration. 

  • A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc. 

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