queue vs train

queue

noun
  • An animal's tail. 

  • A men's hairstyle with a braid or ponytail at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China. 

  • A line of people, vehicles or other objects, in which one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back). 

  • A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order. 

  • A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (in the case of a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide. 

verb
  • To add to a queue data structure. 

  • To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line. 

  • To fasten the hair into a queue. 

  • To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue. 

train

noun
  • The tail of a bird. 

  • A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc. 

  • A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence. 

  • A transient trail of glowing ions behind a large meteor as it falls through the atmosphere or accompanying a comet as it nears the sun; tail. 

  • A group of people following an important figure such as a king or noble; a retinue, a group of retainers. 

  • A group or class of people. 

  • A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something. 

  • A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder. 

  • A series of specified vehicles (originally tramcars in a mine as usual, later especially railway carriages) coupled together. 

  • A mechanical (traditionally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected cars or carriages considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel. 

  • The elongated body or form of something narrow and winding, such as the course of a river or the body of a snake. 

  • The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege. 

  • An act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape. 

  • A set of things, events, or circumstances that follow after or as a consequence; aftermath, wake. 

  • A series of electrical pulses. 

  • The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground. 

  • A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession. 

  • A software release schedule. 

verb
  • To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending. 

  • To improve one's fitness. 

  • To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game). 

  • To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone). 

  • To proceed in sequence. 

  • To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction. 

  • To practice an ability. 

  • To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head. 

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