Pit vs. Trench — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pit and Trench
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Definitions
Pit
A large hole in the ground.
Trench
A long, narrow ditch
Dig a trench around the perimeter of the fire
Pit
A hollow or indentation in a surface.
Trench
A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a wider gully, or ditch), and narrow compared with its length (as opposed to a simple hole or pit).In geology, trenches result from erosion by rivers or by geological movement of tectonic plates. In civil engineering, trenches are often created to install underground utilities such as gas, water, power and communication lines.
Pit
An area at the side of a track where racing cars are serviced and refuelled
He had a flat tyre when he came into the pits
The pit lane
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Trench
A long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean bed, typically one running parallel to a plate boundary and marking a subduction zone
The Marianas Trench
Pit
An orchestra pit.
Trench
A trench coat.
Pit
A part of the floor of a stock exchange in which a particular stock or commodity is traded
The trading pit of the Singapore International Monetary Exchange
Pooled commodity funds liquidated positions in the corn and soybean pits
Trench
Dig a trench or trenches in (the ground)
She trenched the terrace to a depth of 6 feet
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Pit
An enclosure in which animals are made to fight
A bear pit
Trench
Border closely on; encroach on
This would surely trench very far on the dignity and liberty of citizens
Pit
A person's bed.
Trench
A deep furrow or ditch.
Pit
A person's armpit.
Trench
A long narrow ditch embanked with its own soil and used for concealment and protection in warfare.
Pit
The stone of a fruit.
Trench
A long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor.
Pit
Set someone or something in conflict or competition with
You'll get the chance to pit your wits against the world champions
Trench
To dig or make a trench or trenches in (land or an area, for example).
Pit
Make a hollow or indentation in the surface of
Rain poured down, pitting the bare earth
Trench
To place in a trench
Trench a pipeline.
Pit
Drive a racing car into the pits for fuel or maintenance
He pitted on lap 36 with sudden engine trouble
Trench
To dig a trench or trenches.
Pit
Remove the pit from (fruit).
Trench
To encroach. Often used with on or upon
"The bishop exceeded his powers, and trenched on those of the king" (Francis Parkman).
Pit
A natural or artificial hole or cavity in the ground.
Trench
To verge or border. Often used with on or upon
"a broad playfulness that trenched on buffoonery" (George Meredith).
Pit
An excavation for the removal of mineral deposits; a mine.
Trench
A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
Pit
The shaft of a mine.
Trench
(military) A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
Pit
A concealed hole in the ground used as a trap; a pitfall.
Trench
(archaeology) A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
Pit
A small indentation in a surface
Pits in a windshield.
Trench
(informal) A trench coat.
Pit
A natural hollow or depression in the body or an organ.
Trench
To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
Pit
A small indented scar left in the skin by smallpox or other eruptive disease; a pockmark.
Trench
To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
Pit
(Zoology) Either of a pair of depressions between the nostril and the eye of a pit viper that contain heat-sensing organs.
Trench
(archaeology) To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
Pit
(Botany) A cavity in the wall of a plant cell where there is no secondary wall, as in fibers, tracheids, and vessel elements.
Trench
To have direction; to aim or tend.
Pit
(Informal) An armpit.
Trench
To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
Pit
An enclosed, usually sunken area in which animals, such as dogs or gamecocks, are placed for fighting.
Trench
To cut furrows or ditches in.
To trench land for the purpose of draining it
Pit
The section directly in front of and below the stage of a theater, in which the musicians sit.
Trench
To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.
To trench a garden for certain crops
Pit
Chiefly British The ground floor of a theater behind the stalls.
Trench
To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like.
The wide wound that the boar had trenchedIn his soft flank.
This weak impress of love is as a figureTrenched in ice, which with an hour's heatDissolves to water, and doth lose its form.
Pit
The section of an exchange where trading in a specific commodity is carried on.
Trench
To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench.
No more shall trenching war channel her fields.
Pit
The gambling area of a casino.
Trench
To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it.
Pit
A sunken area in a garage floor from which mechanics may work on cars.
Trench
To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next; as, to trench a garden for certain crops.
Pit
Often pits(Sports) An area beside an auto racecourse where cars may be refueled or serviced during a race
Pulled into the pits to have the tires rotated.
Trench
To encroach; to intrench.
Does it not seem as if for a creature to challenge to itself a boundless attribute, were to trench upon the prerogative of the divine nature?
Pit
Hell. Used with the.
Trench
To have direction; to aim or tend.
Like powerful armies, trenching at a townBy slow and silent, but resistless, sap.
Pit
A miserable or depressing place or situation.
Trench
A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land.
Pit
Pits(Slang) The worst. Used with the
"New York politics are the pits" (Washington Star).
Trench
An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods, shrubbery, or the like.
In a trench, forth in the park, goeth she.
Pit
(Football) The middle areas of the defensive and offensive lines.
Trench
An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches.
Pit
The single central kernel or stone of certain fruits, such as a peach or cherry.
Trench
A ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
Pit
To mark with cavities, depressions, or scars
A surface pitted with craters.
Trench
A long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
Pit
To set in direct opposition or competition
A war that pitted brother against brother.
Trench
Any long ditch cut in the ground
Pit
To place, bury, or store in a pit.
Trench
Impinge or infringe upon;
This impinges on my rights as an individual
This matter entrenches on other domains
Pit
To become marked with pits.
Trench
Fortify by surrounding with trenches;
He trenched his military camp
Pit
To retain an impression after being indented. Used of the skin.
Trench
Cut or carve deeply into;
Letters trenched into the stone
Pit
To stop at a refueling area during an auto race.
Trench
Set, plant, or bury in a trench;
Trench the fallen soldiers
Trench the vegetables
Pit
To extract the pit from (a fruit).
Trench
Cut a trench in, as for drainage;
Ditch the land to drain it
Trench the fields
Pit
A hole in the ground.
The meadow around the town is full of old pits.
Trench
Dig a trench or trenches;
The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench
Pit
(motor racing) An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
Two drivers have already gone into the pit this early in the race.
Pit
(music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.
Pit
A mine.
Pit
(archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.
Pit
(trading) A trading pit.
Pit
The bottom part of something.
I felt pain in the pit of my stomach.
Pit
(colloquial) Armpit.
Pit
(aviation) A luggage hold.
Pit
(countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
Pit
The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
Pit
The grave, underworld or Hell.
Pit
An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
Pit
Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.
Pit
(gambling) Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
Pit
(slang) A mosh pit.
Because the museum was closed for renovation, the school decided to bring its fourth-graders to the pit at a Cannibal Corpse gig instead.
Pit
(American football) The center of the line.
Pit
(hospital slang) The emergency department.
Pit
A bed.
Pit
(informal) An undesirable location, especially an unclean one.
This house is a total pit. We've got to get out of here!
Get back to the pit, dish bitch!
Pit
A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
Pit
A shell in a drupe containing a seed.
Pit
(military) The core of an implosion nuclear weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it.
Pit
(informal) A pit bull terrier.
Pit
(transitive) To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.
Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.
Pit
(transitive) To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.
Pit
(transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles?
Pit
To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
Pit
(transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
One must pit a peach to make it ready for a pie.
Pit
A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation
Tumble me into some loathsome pit.
Pit
Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades.
Back to the infernal pit I drag thee chained.
He keepth back his soul from the pit.
Pit
A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively.
The anointed of the Lord was taken in their pits.
Pit
A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body
Pit
Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater.
Pit
An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
Pit
The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc.
Pit
To place or put into a pit or hole.
They lived like beasts, and were pitted like beasts, tumbled into the grave.
Pit
To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox.
Pit
To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.
Pit
A sizeable hole (usually in the ground);
They dug a pit to bury the body
Pit
A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
Pit
The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed;
You should remove the stones from prunes before cooking
Pit
A trap in the form of a concealed hole
Pit
A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate;
A British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'
Pit
Lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
Pit
A workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
Pit
Set into opposition or rivalry;
Let them match their best athletes against ours
Pit a chess player against the Russian champion
He plays his two children off against each other
Pit
Mark with a scar;
The skin disease scarred his face permanently
Pit
Remove the pits from;
Pit plums and cherries
