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Pierced vs Stuck - What's the difference?

pierced | stuck |

As a verb pierced

is (pierce).

As a noun stuck is

one, piece, article (of a ware; often not translated in engish).

pierced

English

Verb

(head)
  • (pierce)

  • pierce

    English

    Verb

  • to puncture; to break through
  • The diver pierced the surface of the water with scarcely a splash.
    to pierce''' the enemy's line; a shot '''pierced the ship
  • * Dryden
  • I pierce her tender side.
  • to create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry
  • Can you believe he pierced his tongue?
  • to break or interrupt abruptly
  • A scream pierced the darkness.
  • (figurative) To penetrate; to affect deeply.
  • to pierce a mystery
  • * Alexander Pope
  • pierced with grief
  • * Shakespeare
  • Can no prayers pierce thee?

    Derived terms

    * piercing

    Descendants

    * Japanese:

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    stuck

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

  • (stick) (which in the past was sticked )
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Trapped and unable to move.
  • Sue tried to squeeze through the window, but got stuck .
    Can you shift this gate? I think it's stuck .
  • Unable to progress.
  • ''I'm stuck on this question in the test.
    Derived terms
    * stuck on

    Etymology 2

    Compare stoccado.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A thrust.
  • * 1599 , , IV. vii. 160:
  • If he by chance escape your venomed stuck, / Our purpose may hold there.
    (Webster 1913)

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