Plug vs Perforate - What's the Difference?
Definition as Noun
- blatant or sensational promotion
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
- an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
- an old or over-worked horse
- an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
- electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
- blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
Definition as Verb
- make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
- pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
Definition as Verb
- make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
- replace the center of a coin with a baser metal
- insert a plug into
- insert as a plug
- persist in working hard
- deliver a quick blow to
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
Definition as Adjective
- having a hole cut through
Examples
- "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon"
- "perforate the sheets of paper"
- "The bullet penetrated her chest"
- "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"
- "Students must plug away at this problem"
- "he punched me in the stomach"
- "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"