carpet vs tile

carpet

verb
  • To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something. 

  • To reprimand. 

  • To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area. 

noun
  • Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae 

  • Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function. 

  • A fabric used as a complete floor covering. 

  • A woman's pubic hair. 

tile

verb
  • To cover with tiles. 

  • To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people. 

  • To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated. 

  • To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface). 

  • To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique. 

noun
  • Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong. 

  • A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc. 

  • A rectangular graphic. 

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