Terms with different meanings in specialized fields vs. in everyday usage
elopement - hospital, running away from a ward vs. everyday, running away to get married
staff - music, a set of five lines and four spaces vs. people who work at a facility or organization
sentence - legal, the punishment imposed after a conviction vs. everyday, a group of words arranged to convey a message
copy - in publishing, it’s the material that goes to the editor for proofreading vs everyday, a duplicate
hand - in horse-related fields, unit of measure equal to four inches vs. part of the body in medicine
box - in legal slang, the jury box (“Take it to the box”); to everyone else, a container to put something in
Battery - in artillery, a group of cannons; everywhere else, it’s something to power your Walkman.
Pillbox - military, concrete dug-in guard posts, normally equipped with loopholes through which to fire weapons vs. everyday, a container for storing one’s daily medications.
Terms with different meanings in specialized fields vs. in everyday usage
elopement - hospital, running away from a ward vs. everyday, running away to get married
staff - music, a set of five lines and four spaces vs. people who work at a facility or organization
sentence - legal, the punishment imposed after a conviction vs. everyday, a group of words arranged to convey a message
copy - in publishing, it’s the material that goes to the editor for proofreading vs everyday, a duplicate
hand - in horse-related fields, unit of measure equal to four inches vs. part of the body in medicine
box - in legal slang, the jury box (“Take it to the box”); to everyone else, a container to put something in
Battery - in artillery, a group of cannons; everywhere else, it’s something to power your Walkman
Pillbox - military, concrete dug-in guard posts, normally equipped with loopholes through which to fire weapons vs. everyday, a container for storing one’s daily medications.
Love - a score of zero in tennis; otherwise, an intense feeling of deep affection
Terms with different meanings in specialized fields vs. in everyday usage
elopement - hospital, running away from a ward vs. everyday, running away to get married
staff - music, a set of five lines and four spaces vs. people who work at a facility or organization
sentence - legal, the punishment imposed after a conviction vs. everyday, a group of words arranged to convey a message
copy - in publishing, it’s the material that goes to the editor for proofreading vs everyday, a duplicate
hand - in horse-related fields, unit of measure equal to four inches vs. part of the body in medicine
box - in legal slang, the jury box (“Take it to the box”); to everyone else, a container to put something in
Battery - in artillery, a group of cannons; everywhere else, it’s something to power your Walkman
Pillbox - military, concrete dug-in guard posts, normally equipped with loopholes through which to fire weapons vs. everyday, a container for storing one’s daily medications.
Love - a score of zero in tennis; otherwise, an intense feeling of deep affection
octopus - in scuba diving, a second regulator used to share air with a buddy who has run out of air vs. an eight legged cephalopod sea creature
Terms with different meanings in specialized fields vs. in everyday usage
elopement - hospital, running away from a ward vs. everyday, running away to get married
staff - music, a set of five lines and four spaces vs. people who work at a facility or organization
sentence - legal, the punishment imposed after a conviction vs. everyday, a group of words arranged to convey a message
copy - in publishing, it’s the material that goes to the editor for proofreading vs everyday, a duplicate
hand - in horse-related fields, unit of measure equal to four inches vs. part of the body in medicine
box - in legal slang, the jury box (“Take it to the box”); to everyone else, a container to put something in
Battery - in artillery, a group of cannons; everywhere else, it’s something to power your Walkman
Pillbox - military, concrete dug-in guard posts, normally equipped with loopholes through which to fire weapons vs. everyday, a container for storing one’s daily medications.
Love - a score of zero in tennis; otherwise, an intense feeling of deep affection
octopus - in scuba diving, a second regulator used to share air with a buddy who has run out of air vs. an eight legged cephalopod sea creature
Stick - in military, a load of paratroopers in an aircraft vs. a branch of a tree or shrub.
Terms with different meanings in specialized fields vs. in everyday usage
elopement - hospital, running away from a ward vs. everyday, running away to get married
staff - music, a set of five lines and four spaces vs. people who work at a facility or organization
sentence - legal, the punishment imposed after a conviction vs. everyday, a group of words arranged to convey a message
copy - in publishing, it’s the material that goes to the editor for proofreading vs everyday, a duplicate
hand - in horse-related fields, unit of measure equal to four inches vs. part of the body in medicine
box - in legal slang, the jury box (“Take it to the box”); to everyone else, a container to put something in
Battery - in artillery, a group of cannons; everywhere else, it’s something to power your Walkman
Pillbox - military, concrete dug-in guard posts, normally equipped with loopholes through which to fire weapons vs. everyday, a container for storing one’s daily medications.
Love - a score of zero in tennis; otherwise, an intense feeling of deep affection
octopus - in scuba diving, a second regulator used to share air with a buddy who has run out of air vs. an eight legged cephalopod sea creature
Stick - in military, a load of paratroopers in an aircraft vs. a branch of a tree or shrub.
Stacks - in library science, the rows of bookshelves housing the collection vs. piles of stuff
Terms with different meanings in specialized fields vs. in everyday usage
elopement - hospital, running away from a ward vs. everyday, running away to get married
staff - music, a set of five lines and four spaces vs. people who work at a facility or organization
sentence - legal, the punishment imposed after a conviction vs. everyday, a group of words arranged to convey a message
copy - in publishing, it’s the material that goes to the editor for proofreading vs everyday, a duplicate
hand - in horse-related fields, unit of measure equal to four inches vs. part of the body in medicine
box - in legal slang, the jury box (“Take it to the box”); to everyone else, a container to put something in
Battery - in artillery, a group of cannons; everywhere else, it’s something to power your Walkman
Pillbox - military, concrete dug-in guard posts, normally equipped with loopholes through which to fire weapons vs. everyday, a container for storing one’s daily medications.
Love - a score of zero in tennis; otherwise, an intense feeling of deep affection
octopus - in scuba diving, a second regulator used to share air with a buddy who has run out of air vs. an eight legged cephalopod sea creature
Stick - in military, a load of paratroopers in an aircraft vs. a branch of a tree or shrub.
Stacks - in library science, the rows of bookshelves housing the collection vs. piles of stuff
Combine, opposites: In agriculture, to separate grain, but all other uses, to put together
