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Kenny1999 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

What is the english of this device



offering a number of sockets originated by one socket
  

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Are you talking about an electric socket? If so, see this answer:
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A power strip? It plugs into the wall socket, and then you can plug several different things into the power strip.
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I almost always hear 'outlet' instead of 'socket'.
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You're right, I say "outlet" too. I guess I just copied "socket" form the original post.
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khoffYou're right, I say "outlet" too. I guess I just copied "socket" form the original post.
In British English an outlet may be called a socket. When I first read the original post I had in mind the kind of socket you use with a ratchet, and it took a moment to click that Kenny probably meant the other kind.
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Then what is "socket", is it a different thing from "outlet"??
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kenny1999 Then what is "socket", is it a different thing from "outlet"??
No, a British speaker would call the thing you push a plug into (to get electricity) a socket, while an American would normally call it an outlet. It's just two different names for the same thing.
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Blue Jay kenny1999 Then what is "socket", is it a different thing from "outlet"??No, a British speaker would call the thing you push a plug into (to get electricity) a socket, while an American would normally call it an outlet. It's just two different names for the same thing.Both outlet and socket have other meanings as well, where you cannot interchange them.
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