Hang vs Stay - What's the difference?

Hang is a related term of stay.

As verbs the difference between hang and stay

is that hang is while stay is (nautical) to incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays or stay can be to prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.

As a noun stay is

(nautical) a strong rope supporting a mast, and leading from the head of one mast down to some other, or other part of the vessel or stay can be a prop; a support.

As an adjective stay is

steep; ascending.

As an adverb stay is

steeply.

hang

English

(wikipedia hang)

Etymology 1

A fusion of (etyl) .

Verb

(lb) To be or remain suspended.

*:On the dark-green walls hung a series of eight engravings, portraits of early Victorian belles, clad in lace and tarletan ball dresses, clipped from an old Book of Beauty. Mrs. Bunting was very fond of these pictures; she thought they gave the drawing-room a note of elegance and refinement.

(lb) To float, as if suspended.

(lb) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.

(lb) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger or the like.

::It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.

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To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.

To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.

(lb) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.

(lb) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).

(lb) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.

To remain persistently in one's thoughts.

*1895 , H. G. Wells, The Time Machine , Ch.X:

*:Exploring, I found another short gallery running transversely to the first. This appeared to be devoted to minerals, and the sight of a block of sulphur set my mind running on gunpowder. But I could find no saltpeter; indeed no nitrates of any kind. Doubtless they had deliquesced ages ago. Yet the sulphur hung in my mind and set up a train of thinking.

To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard or mouse.

To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.

To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.

To be vulnerable to capture.

Synonyms

* (be or remain suspended) be suspended, dangle * (float as if suspended) float, hover * lynch, string up * (be executed) go to the gallows, swing (informal) * (loiter) hang about, hang around, loiter * freeze, lock up * suspend * (hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect) drop, lower * (to place on a hook) hook, hook up * (exhibit) exhibit, show * put up * bedeck, deck, decorate * freeze, lock up * *

Usage notes

* Formerly, at least through the 16th century, the past tense of the transitive use of (term) was (hanged) (see quote from King James Bible, above). This form is retained for the legal senses "to be executed by suspension from the neck" and "to execute by suspension from the neck" and (hung) for all other meanings. However, this rule is not uniformly understood or observed. (term) is sometimes substituted for (term), which would be considered inappropriate in legal or other formal writing (for the applicable senses only) or, more rarely, vice versa . See also – in Old English there were separate words for transitive (whence (term)) and intransitive (whence (term)).

Derived terms

* behang * hang a left * hang a right * hang about * hang around * hang back * hangdog * * hanger * hang fire * hang-glider * hang in * hang in the balance * hang in there * hanging * hang it * hangman * hangnail * hang off * hang on * hang onto * hang out * hang out to dry * hang-out, hangout * hangover * hang ten * hang together * hang tough * hang up * hang-up, hangup * I'll be hanged * leave hanging * overhang * underhang

Noun

(en noun)

The way in which something hangs.

''This skirt has a nice hang .

(figuratively) A grip, understanding

''He got the hang of it after only two demonstrations

(computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input devices.

''We sometimes get system hangs .

A sharp or steep declivity or slope.

Derived terms

* get the hang of

Etymology 2

From hang sangwich, Irish colloquial pronunciation of (term) sandwich.

Noun

(-)

(Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap, processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.

Etymology 3

Noun

(en noun)

English ergative verbs English irregular verbs ----

stay

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(nautical) A strong rope supporting a mast, and leading from the head of one mast down to some other, or other part of the vessel.

A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.

The engineer insisted on using stays for the scaffolding.

(chain-cable) The transverse piece in a link.

Synonyms

Derived terms

* backstay * bobstay * forestay * jackstay * mainstay * staylace * stayless * staymaker * stayman * staysail * stayship * triatic stay

Verb

(en verb)

(nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.

stay a mast

(nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.

to stay ship

(nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) steyen, staien, from (etyl) estayer, . More at (l), (l). Sense of "remain, continue" may be due to later influence from (etyl) ester, , from the same Proto-Indo-European root above; however, derivation from this root is untenable based on linguistic and historical groundsWhitney, Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia , stay.. An alternative etymology derives (etyl) estaye, estaie, from Old (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

Verb

(en verb)

To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.

To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

Your ships are stay'd at Venice.

* (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)

This business staid me in London almost a week.

* (John Locke) (1632-1705)

I was willing to stay my reader on an argument that appeared to me new.

* (Bible), (w) xvii. 12

Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side.

* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

Sallows and reedsfor vineyards useful found / To stay thy vines.

To restrain; withhold; check; stop.

* (Richard Hooker) (1554-1600)

all that may stay their minds from thinking that true which they heartily wish were false

To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.

To hold the attention of.

To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

She will not stay the siege of loving terms, / Nor bide the encounter of assailing eyes.

To wait for; await.

To rest; depend; rely.

* (w) 30:12, (w)

Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

I stay here on my bond.

To stop; come to a stand or standstill.

To come to an end; cease.

That day the storm stayed .

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

Here my commission stays .

To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.

* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

I must stay a little on one action.

To make a stand; stand.

To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end.

That horse stays well.

To remain in a particular place, especially for an indefinite time; sojourn; abide.

* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

She would command the hasty sun to stay .

* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

Stay , I command you; stay and hear me first.

* (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (1807-1882)

I stay a little longer, as one stays / To cover up the embers that still burn.

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To wait; rest in patience or expectation.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

I'll tell thee all my whole device / When I am in my coach, which stays for us.

* (John Locke) (1632-1705)

The father cannot stay any longer for the fortune.

To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.

To continue to have a particular quality.

* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

The flames augment, and stay / At their full height, then languish to decay.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)

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To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.

* Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)

He has devoured a whole loaf of bread and butter, and it has not staid his stomach for a minute.

(obsolete) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

I stay dinner there.

To cause to cease; to put an end to.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

Stay your strife.

* (Ralph Waldo Emerson) (1803-1882)

For flattering planets seemed to say / This child should ills of ages stay .

To fasten or secure with stays.

to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler

Derived terms

* bestay * forestay * forstay * gainstay * here to stay * offstay * onstay * outstay * overstay * stay-at-home * stay behind * stay-button * stayer * stay hungry * stay on * stay over * stay put * stay the course * stay up * * understay * unstay * unstayed * upstay

References

Etymology 3

From (etyl) *. See above.

Noun

(en noun)

A prop; a support.

* Milton

My only strength and stay .

* Addison

Trees serve as so many stays for their vines.

* Coleridge

Lord Liverpool is the single stay of this ministry.

(archaic) A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.

That which holds or restrains; obstacle; check; hindrance; restraint.

A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.

* Milton

Made of sphere metal, never to decay / Until his revolution was at stay .

* Hayward

Affairs of state seemed rather to stand at a stay .

(archaic) A standstill; a state of rest; entire cessation of motion or progress.

stand at a stay

A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.

The governor granted a stay of execution.

A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.

Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time; sojourn.

I hope you enjoyed your stay in Hawaii.

(nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.

Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.

* Herbert

Not grudging that thy lust hath bounds and stays .

* Francis Bacon

The wisdom, stay , and moderation of the king.

* Philips

With prudent stay he long deferred / The rough contention.

A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.

Where are the stays for my collar?

(obsolete) Hindrance; let; check.

* Robynson (More's Utopia)

They were able to read good authors without any stay , if the book were not false.

Derived terms

* gay for the stay * staycation

Etymology 4

From (etyl) , see (l).

Alternative forms

* (l), (l), (l), (l)

Adjective

(en-adj)

Steep; ascending.

(of a roof) Steeply pitched.

Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.

Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.

Adverb

(en-adv)

Steeply.

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