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[‘poll’ rhymes with ‘pole’]
“Poll”, as a noun, is ‘the act of giving votes in writing in an election; the official list of people (in an area) who are eligible to vote; the number of votes recorded, etc.’; and as a verb, it is ‘to give a vote at an election; to cut short the horns of domestic cattle’,
people participating in a poll
e.g.
The young politician is expecting great majority at the polls.
Almost all the people came out to poll their votes at the polling booths/stations.
[“Poll” is name used for a parrot (a bird), usually in stories.]
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“Pole”, as a noun, is ‘a long, thin and round piece of wood or metal used for supporting a tent, or to fly flags or to tie wires for passing electricity; a long, thin and round piece of wood used to push a boat, barge, etc.; (of a person) slightly mad’; and as a noun, always with a capital ‘P’, it is ‘one of the either ends of the earth’s axis; one of the either ends of a magnet; one of the stars’; {And the people of Poland are called “Poles”.}; and as a verb, it is ‘to push a boat with a pole; or to push oneself when on skies with ski poles’,
two electric poles
e.g.
You can see all sorts of poles by the side of any busy road — electric poles, flag poles, poles for sign boards, etc.
The North Pole and the South Pole are the coldest spots on the Earth.
Poles are a very friendly people. [i.e. people from Poland]
a ski pole
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