seat vs station

seat

verb
  • To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm. 

  • To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. 

  • To settle; to plant with inhabitants. 

  • To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session. 

  • To put a seat or bottom in. 

  • To provide with a place to sit. 

  • To request or direct one or more persons to sit. 

  • To assign the seats of. 

noun
  • An ejection seat. 

  • The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting. 

  • A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting. 

  • The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting. 

  • The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks. 

  • A place in which to sit. 

  • The starting point of a fire. 

  • An electoral district, especially for a national legislature. 

  • Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. 

  • One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract. 

  • A part or surface on which another part or surface rests. 

  • A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body. 

  • The location of a governing body. 

  • A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge. 

  • The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site. 

station

verb
  • To put in place to perform a task. 

  • To put in place to perform military duty. 

noun
  • A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers. 

  • The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion. 

  • Standing; rank; position. 

  • A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing. 

  • The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres. 

  • A regular stopping place for ground transportation. 

  • An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc. 

  • A place used for broadcasting radio or television. 

  • Any of the Stations of the Cross. 

  • A gas station, service station. 

  • The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat. 

  • A place where some object is provided. 

  • A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task. 

  • A military base. 

  • An official building from which police or firefighters operate. 

  • A ground transportation depot. 

  • A very large sheep or cattle farm. 

  • The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion. 

  • A broadcasting entity. 

  • Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path. 

  • Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment. 

  • A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay. 

  • In British India, the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside. 

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