Point vs Get - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between point and get

is that point is a discrete division of something while get is offspring or get can be (british|regional) a git or get can be (judaism) a jewish writ of divorce.

As verbs the difference between point and get

is that point is to extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it while get is (label) to obtain; to acquire.

point

English

(wikipedia point)

Noun

(en noun)

A discrete division of something.

# An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.

The Congress debated the finer points of the bill.

# A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.

There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up.

At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.

# (archaic) Condition, state.

She was not feeling in good point .

# A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition, a focus of conversation or consideration.

I made the point that we all had an interest to protect.

# (obsolete) The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit.

#* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.ii:

full large of limbe and euery ioint / He was, and cared not for God or man a point .

# (obsolete) A tiny amount of time; a moment.

#* Sir J. Davies

When time's first point begun / Made he all souls.

# A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.

We should meet at a pre-arranged point .

# (mathematics, science) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.

# A purpose or objective.

Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion.

# A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.

#* Alexander Pope

Commas and points they set exactly right.

# (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.

# (by extension) A note; a tune.

#* Sir Walter Scott

Sound the trumpet — not a levant, or a flourish, but a point of war.

# A distinguishing quality or characteristic.

Logic isn't my strong point .

# Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.

The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.

# (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.

Possession is nine points of the law.

# Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.

# (gaming) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.

The one with the most points will win the game

# (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).

10.5 ("ten point five"; = ten and a half)

# (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.

# (typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).

# (UK) An electric power socket.

# (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.

Ship ahoy, three points off the starboard bow!

A sharp extremity.

# The sharp tip of an object.

Cut the skin with the point of the knife.

# Any projecting extremity of an object.

# An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.

His cowboy belt was studded with points .

# (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.

# A peninsula or promontory.

# The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.

#* 2005 , Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000 , Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-0-7432-3011-6, page 189:

Willie Jones decided to become Kimani Jones, Black Panther, on the day his best friend, Otis Nicholson, stepped on a mine while walking point during a sweep in the central highlands.

# Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.

# (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.

to fall off a point

# Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.

#* 1897 , (Henry James), (What Maisie Knew) :

There was moreover a hint of the duchess in the infinite point with which, as she felt, she exclaimed: "And this is what you call coming often ?"

#* , chapter=4

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}

# (railroads, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.

# (usually, in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.

The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable.

# (cricket) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.

# A tine or snag of an antler.

# (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.

tierce point

(heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.

(nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.

(historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.

(Sir Walter Scott)

Lace worked by the needle.

point''' de Venise; Brussels '''point

(US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.

The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.

The dog came to a point .

Synonyms

* (location or place) location, place, position, spot * (in geometry) ord * (particular moment in an event or occurrence) moment, ord, time * (sharp tip) end, ord, tip * (arithmetic symbol) decimal point * (opinion) opinion, point of view, view, viewpoint * (unit of measure of success or failure) mark (in a competition) * (color of extremities of an animal)

Derived terms

* accidental point * accumulation point * ballpoint * basepoint * basis point * beside the point * boiling point * boundary point * branch point * break point * Brownie point * bullet point * cardinal point * case in point * cashpoint * closest point of approach * cloud point * coincidence point * commit point * compass point * consolute point * critical point * data point * decimal point * deep point * demerit point * dew point * Didot point * double point * dropping point * dry point, drypoint * endpoint * entry point * entry point for the eye * eutectic point * experience point * fixed point * fixed-point * flash point * floating-point * focal point * freezing point * game point * get the point * get to the point * gunpoint * hit points * hollow point * inflection point * in point of fact * isoelectric point * isolated point * knifepoint * (l) * limit point * make a point * match point * melting point * midpoint * moot point * needlepoint * nip point * one-point perspective * on point * on the point of * ordinary point * outpoint * percentage point * Pica point * pointable * point bar * point blank * point break * point cloud * point duty * pointed * point function * point group * point-in-line * pointless * point man * point mass * point mutation * point of articulation * point-of-care imaging * point of contact * point of fact * point of inevitability * point of inflection, point of inflexion * point of no return * point of order * point of pride * point of reference * point of sale * point of the compass * point of view * point set * point source * point taken * pointwise * pointy * power point * pressure point * reference point * seal point * set point * silly point * single point of failure * singular point * skill point * sore point * standpoint * starting point * stationary point * sticking point * stress point * take point * take someone's point * talking point * three-point line * three-point perspective * three-point turn * tipping point * to the point * trig point * triple point * transition point * turning point * two-point perspective * vanishing point * vantage point * waypoint * what’s the point? * zero point * zero-point energy

Descendants

* Japanese:

Verb

(en verb)

To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.

* Shakespeare

Now must the world point at poor Katharine.

* Dryden

Point at the tattered coat and ragged shoe.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 23, author=Becky Ashton, work=BBC Sport

, title= QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea , passage=Luiz struggled with the movement of Helguson in the box, as he collected a long ball and the Spaniard barged him over, leaving referee Chris Foy little option but to point to the spot.}}

To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington

, volume=188, issue=26, page=6, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told , passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}

To direct toward an object; to aim.

to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort

To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.

to point a dart, a pencil, or (figuratively) a moral

to indicate a probability of something

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 21, author=Helen Pidd, work=the Guardian

, title= Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis , passage=Tens of thousands of Portuguese, Greek and Irish people have left their homelands this year, many heading for the southern hemisphere. Anecdotal evidence points to the same happening in Spain and Italy.}}

(ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.

(masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.

(stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.

To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.

* Alexander Pope

Whosoever should be guided through his battles by Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them.

(mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.

To mark with diacritics.

(dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.

to point a composition

(computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.

(Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.

(nautical) To sail close to the wind.

(hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.

* John Gay

He treads with caution, and he points with fear.

(medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.

(obsolete) To appoint.

(Spenser)

(dated) To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to point out.

* Charles Dickens

He points it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech.

(Alexander Pope)

Derived terms

* point at * pointer * point out * to have a point * point the finger * repoint

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get

English

(wikipedia get)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) geten, from (etyl) 'to seize'. Cognate with Latin prehendo.

Verb

(label) To obtain; to acquire.

(label) To receive.

* , chapter=8

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings.}}

To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get .

(label) To become.

* (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)

His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.

* , chapter=8

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings.}}

(label) To cause to become; to bring about.

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.}}

(label) To fetch, bring, take.

* Bible, (w) xxxi. 13

Get thee out from this land.

* (Richard Knolles) (1545-1610)

Heto the strong town of Mega.

(label) To cause to do.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Get him to say his prayers.

*{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny

, chapter=5, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”}}

To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).

* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

to get rid of fools and scoundrels

(label) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

to get a mile

(label) To cause to come or go or move.

(label) To cause to be in a certain status or position.

* (Dante Gabriel Rossetti), Retro me, Sathana , line 1

Get thee behind me.

(label) To begin (doing something).

(label) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

(label) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something).

To be subjected to.

* '>citation

Do you mind? Excuse me / I saw you over there / Can I just tell you ¶ Although there are millions of / Cephalophores that wander through this world / You've got something extra going on / I think you probably know ¶ You probably get that a lot / I'll bet that people say that a lot to you, girl

(label) To be.

(label) To become ill with or catch (a disease).

To catch out, trick successfully.

To perplex, stump.

(label) To find as an answer.

To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.

(label) To hear completely; catch.

(label) To .

To beget (of a father).

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

I had rather to adopt a child than get it.

* 2009 , (Hilary Mantel), (Wolf Hall) , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 310:

Walter had said, dear God, Thomas, it was St fucking Felicity if I'm not mistaken, and her face was to the wall for sure the night I got you.

(label) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out .

* (1625-1686)

it being harder with him to get one sermon by heart, than to pen twenty

Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.

*2007 , Tom Dyckhoff, Let's move to ..., The Guardian :

Money's pouring in somewhere, because Churchgate's got lovely new stone setts, and a cultural quarter (ooh, get her) is promised.

Usage notes

In dialects featuring the past participle gotten, the form "gotten" is not used universally as the past participle. Rather, inchoative and concessive uses (with meanings such as "obtain" or "become", or "am permitted to") use "gotten" as their past participle, whereas stative uses (with meanings like "have") use "got" as their past participle http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue/gotten.html] and [http://www.miketodd.net/encyc/gotten.htm http://www.miketodd.net/encyc/gotten.htm, thus enabling users of "gotten"-enabled dialects to make distinctions such as "I've gotten (received) my marks" vs. "I've got (possess) my marks"; a subtle distinction, to be sure, but a useful one. The first example probably means that the person has received them, and has them somewhere, whereas the second probably means that they have them in their hand right now.

Synonyms

* (obtain) acquire, come by, have * (receive) receive, be given * (fetch) bring, fetch, retrieve * (become) become * (cause to become) cause to be, cause to become, make * (cause to do) make * (arrive) arrive at, reach * come, go, travel * : go, move * (begin) begin, commence, start * : catch, take * : answer * be able to * dig, follow, make sense of, understand * : be * : catch, come down with * con, deceive, dupe, hoodwink, trick * confuse, perplex, stump * (find as an answer) obtain * : catch, nab, nobble * (physically assault) assault, beat, beat up * catch, hear * (getter) getter

Antonyms

* (obtain) lose

Derived terms

* beget * forget * from the get-go * get about * get a charge out of * get across * get across to * get action * get after * get ahead of oneself * get a look in * get along * get along with * get around * get around to * get at * get away * get away from * get away with * get back * get back to * get behind * get better * get beyond * get by * get carried away * get done * get down * get going * get in * get in with * get into * get into trouble * get it * get it across one's head * get it into one's head * get it on * get it over with * get knotted * get lost * get moving * get off * get off easy * get off lightly * get off with * get on * get one over on * get one's end away * get one's rocks off * get on in years * get on to * get on with * get out * get out of * get over * get-rich-quick * get round * get round to * get some air * get someone's goat * get stuffed * get the goods on * get there * get the time to * get through * get through to * get to * get to be * get together * get under * get up * get up in * get up to * get well soon * get with the program, get with the programme * go-getter * go-getting * got * have got

Noun

(en noun)

Offspring.

* 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 755:

‘You were a high lord's get . Don't tell me Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell never killed a man.’

Lineage.

(sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.

Something gained.

* 2008 , Karen Yampolsky, Falling Out of Fashion (page 73)

I had reconnected with the lust of my life while landing a big get for the magazine.

Etymology 2

Variant of

Noun

(en noun)

(British, regional) A git .

Etymology 3

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)

(Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.

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Point vs Get - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between point and get

As verbs the difference between point and get

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get

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