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Grit vs Stamina - What's the difference?

grit | stamina |

As nouns the difference between grit and stamina

is that grit is (canada|politics) a member or supporter of the liberal party of canada or one of its provincial wings (except for the quebec provincial wing) while stamina is (uncountable|now considered singular) the energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.

As an adjective grit

is (canada|politics) of or belonging to the liberal party of canada.

grit

English

Etymology 1

With early modern vowel shortening, from (etyl) grete, griet, from (etyl) ‘lump’).

Noun

(-)
  • Collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, swarf from metalworking.
  • The flower beds were white with grit from sand blasting the flagstone walkways.
  • Inedible particles in food.
  • It tastes like grit from nutshells in these cookies.
  • Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
  • That kid with the cast on his arm has the grit to play dodgeball.
  • A measure of relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper.
  • I need a sheet of 100 grit sandpaper.
  • (geology) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, to a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g. grindstone grit .
  • Derived terms
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    See also
    * debris * mortar and pestle * swarf

    Verb

  • To clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger; apparently only appears in gritting one's teeth .
  • We had no choice but to grit our teeth and get on with it.
    He has a sleeping disorder and grits his teeth.
  • To cover with grit .
  • To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
  • * Goldsmith
  • The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread.
    Derived terms
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    Etymology 2

    (etyl) gryt ‘bran, chaff’, from (etyl) grytt, from (etyl) . See above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually in plural) husked]] but unground [[oat, oats
  • (usually in plural) coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge
  • Anagrams

    * girt * trig

    stamina

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (uncountable, now considered singular) The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.
  • :: He has a lot of stamina . I suppose that is why he can run for a long time.
  • (botany, rare) English plurals
  • * 1790 , William Curtis, The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-Garden Displayed , Volume 3, 2006 Gutenberg eBook edition,
  • In the specimens we have examined, and which perhaps have been rendered luxuriant by culture, the number of stamina has been from twelve to sixteen; of styles, from six to eight; of flowers on the same stalk, from one to eight.
  • * 1832 December 8, Spirit of Discovery'', in ''The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction , Number 579, 2005 Gutenberg eBook edition,
  • The gay flowers of the hibiscus tiliaceus, as well as the splendid huth or Barringtonia speciosa, covered with its beautiful flowers, the petals of which are white, and the edges of the stamina delicately tinged with pink, give to the trees when in full bloom a magnificent appearance; the hibiscus rosa-chinensis, or kowa of the natives also grows in luxuriance and beauty.
  • (obsolete, as plural) The basic elements of a thing; rudimentary structures or qualities.
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