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Coated vs Stitch - What's the difference?

coated | stitch |

As verbs the difference between coated and stitch

is that coated is (coat) while stitch is to form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.

As an adjective coated

is covered with a thin layer.

As a noun stitch is

a single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

coated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (coat)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Covered with a thin layer.

  • coat

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

  • (lb) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
  • *
  • *:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
  • *
  • *:Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days.Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
  • (lb) A covering of material, such as paint.(w)
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:Fruit of all kinds, in coat / Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell.
  • (lb) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.
  • :
  • Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
  • (lb) A petticoat.
  • *(John Locke) (1632-1705)
  • *:a child in coats
  • The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
  • *(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
  • *:Men of his coat should be minding their prayers.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:She was sought by spirits of richest coat .
  • A coat of arms.(w)
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, / Or tear the lions out of England's coat .
  • A coat card.
  • *(Philip Massinger) (1583-1640)
  • *:Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived.
  • Derived terms

    * buffy coat * coat of arms * greatcoat * covert-coat * overcoat

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with a coat of some material
  • One can buy coated frying pans, which are much easier to wash up than normal ones.
  • To cover as a coat.
  • Anagrams

    * * * * 1000 English basic words

    stitch

    English

    (wikipedia stitch)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) stiche, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (es)
  • A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
  • An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
  • cross stitch
    herringbone stitch
  • (sports) An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, caused by internal organs pulling downwards on the diaphragm during exercise.
  • A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
  • drop a stitch
    take up a stitch
  • An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
  • A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
  • Hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
  • :: You have gone a good stitch. — .
  • :: In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. — Holland.
  • A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
  • a stitch in the side
  • *
  • He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy.
  • (obsolete) A contortion, or twist.
  • * Marston
  • If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry.
  • (colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or dress.
  • to wet every stitch of clothes.
    She didn't have a stitch on
  • A furrow.
  • (Chapman)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

  • To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.
  • to stitch a shirt bosom.
  • To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
  • to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title=tEngland Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets. }}
  • (agriculture) To form land into ridges.
  • To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
  • (computing, graphics) To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image.
  • I can use this software to stitch together a panorama.
    Synonyms
    * (form stitches in ): sew * (unite by stitches ): sew, sew together, stitch together * (form land into ridges''): plough (''British''), plow (''US )

    Derived terms

    * a stitch in time saves nine * blanket stitch * be in stitches * cable stitch * chain stitch * cross-stitch * drop a stitch * garter stitch * herringbone stitch * in stitches * lock stitch * moss stitch * pearl stitch, purl stitch * rib stitch * running stitch * stem stitch * stitch up * stocking stitch * take up a stitch