shunt vs stoke

shunt

noun
  • An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove. 

  • A switch on a railway used to move a train from one track to another. 

  • An abnormal passage between body channels. 

  • The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun. 

  • A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage. 

  • A minor collision between vehicles. 

  • A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit. 

verb
  • To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car. 

  • To move data in memory to a physical disk. 

  • To divert the flow of a body fluid. 

  • To carry on arbitrage between the London stock exchange and provincial stock exchanges. 

  • To provide with a shunt. 

  • To divert to a less important place, position, or state. 

  • To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another. 

  • To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to. 

  • To divert electric current by providing an alternative path. 

stoke

noun
  • An act of poking, piercing, thrusting 

verb
  • To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman. 

  • To poke, pierce, thrust. 

  • To encourage a behavior or emotion. 

  • To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace. 

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