Polling vs. Pooling

Polling vs. Pooling — Is There a Difference?

Difference Between Polling and Pooling

Pollingnoun

The casting and registering of votes in an election.

Poolingnoun

A small body of still water.

Pollingnoun

The number of votes cast or recorded.

Poolingnoun

An accumulation of standing liquid; a puddle

a pool of blood.

Pollingnoun

The places where votes are cast and registered during an election, considered as a group

The polls close in this state at 8:00.

Poolingnoun

A deep or still place in a stream.

Pollingnoun

A place where votes are cast and registered

I went to the polls before work to cast a vote.

Poolingnoun

A swimming pool.

Pollingnoun

A survey of the public or of a sample of public opinion to acquire information.

Poolingnoun

An underground accumulation of petroleum or gas in porous sedimentary rock.

Pollingnoun

The head, especially the top of the head where hair grows.

Poolingnoun

A game of chance, resembling a lottery, in which the contestants put staked money into a common fund that is later paid to the winner.

Pollingnoun

The blunt or broad end of a tool such as a hammer or axe.

Poolingnoun

A fund containing all the money bet in a game of chance or on the outcome of an event.

Pollingverb

To receive (a given number of votes).

Poolingnoun

A supply, as of vehicles or workers, available for use by a group.

Pollingverb

To receive or record the votes of

polling a jury.

Poolingnoun

A group of journalists who cover an event and then by agreement share their reports with participating news media

the White House press pool.

Pollingverb

To cast (a vote or ballot).

Poolingnoun

A mutual fund established by a group of stockholders for speculating in or manipulating prices of securities.

Pollingverb

To question in a survey; canvass.

Poolingnoun

The persons or parties participating in such a fund.

Pollingverb

To cut off or trim (hair, horns, or wool, for example); clip.

Poolingnoun

A grouping of assets, such as mortgages, that serves as a basis for the issuing of securities.

Pollingverb

To trim or cut off the hair, wool, branches, or horns of

polled the sheep.polled the trees.

Poolingnoun

An agreement between competing business concerns to establish controls over production, market, and prices for common profit.

Pollingverb

To vote at the polls in an election.

Poolingnoun

Any of several games played on a six-pocket billiards table usually with 15 object balls and a cue ball. Also called pocket billiards.

Pollingnoun

The action of taking a poll.

Poolingverb

To form pools or a pool

The receding tide pooled in hollows along the shore.

Pollingnoun

(computing) A technique that continually interrogates a peripheral or service to see if it has data to transfer.

Poolingverb

To accumulate in a body part

preventing blood from pooling in the limbs.

Pollingnoun

the process of voting in an election.

Poolingverb

To put into a pool, as for common use

Let's pool our resources to finish the project quickly.

Poolingverb

To join or form a pool.

Poolingnoun

(resource management) Grouping together of various resources or assets.