list vs register

list

verb
  • To place in listings. 

  • To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat. 

  • To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border. 

  • To give a building of architectural or historical interest listed status; see also the adjective listed. 

  • To create or recite a list. 

  • To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of. 

  • To plough and plant with a lister. 

  • To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list. 

  • To listen to. 

  • To listen. 

  • To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe. 

  • To cause (something) to tilt to one side. 

  • To tilt to one side. 

noun
  • Material used for cloth selvage. 

  • A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank. 

  • A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power. 

  • A little square moulding; a fillet or listel. 

  • The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated. 

  • A tilt to a building. 

  • The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments. 

  • The scene of a military contest; the ground or field of combat; an enclosed space that serves as a battlefield; the site of a pitched battle. 

  • A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself. 

  • A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker. 

  • A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth. 

  • A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the Lisp programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items. 

register

verb
  • To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register. 

  • To record, especially in writing. 

  • To sign-up, especially to vote. 

  • To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned. 

  • To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial. 

  • To express outward signs. 

  • To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment. 

  • To make an impression. 

  • To enter in a register; to enlist. 

  • To record officially and handle specially. 

  • To be in proper alignment; to align or correspond exactly. 

noun
  • A style of a language used in a particular context. 

  • A device that automatically records a quantity. 

  • The act of registering. 

  • An organ stop. 

  • One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events. 

  • The inner part of the mould in which types are cast. 

  • A grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct, capable of being opened and closed to direct the air flow. 

  • A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs, or intermediate results of computations. 

  • A list of received calls in a phone set. 

  • A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc. 

  • A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections. 

  • A book of such entries. 

  • The range of a voice or instrument. 

  • The part of a telegraphic apparatus that automatically records the message received. 

  • A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title. 

  • An entry in such a book. 

  • The exact alignment of lines, margins, and colors. 

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