Spike vs Stud - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between spike and stud

is that spike is the casual ward of a workhouse while stud is a type of poker where an individual cannot throw cards away and some of her cards are exposed (also stud poker).

As nouns the difference between spike and stud

is that spike is an ear of corn or grain while stud is a male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.

As verbs the difference between spike and stud

is that spike is to fix on a spike; to pierce or run through with a spike while stud is to set with studs; to furnish with studs.

As a proper noun Spike

is A male nickname.

spike
English

Noun
(en noun)
An ear of corn or grain.

# (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.

#

oil of spike

Something pointed or sharp.

# A sort of very large nail; anything resembling such a nail in shape.

#* Addison

He wears on his head the corona radiata ; the spikes that shoot out represent the rays of the sun.

# The long, narrow part of a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.

# A sharp peak in a graph.

# a surge in power.

# (informal) In spikes : running shoes with spikes in the soles.

# (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.

(zoology) An adolescent male deer.

(slang) The casual ward of a workhouse.

* 1933 : , p. 139.

"Dere's tay spikes', and cocoa '''spikes''', and skilly ' spikes ."

Synonyms

* catkin, raceme, cluster, corymb, umbel

Derived terms

Verb

(spik)

To fix on a spike; to pierce or run through with a spike.

# To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.

to spike down planks

# To set or furnish with spikes.

(Young)

# (military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.

#* 1834 , (Frederick Marryat), Peter Simple :

He jumped down, wrenched the hammer from the armourer’s hand, and seizing a nail from the bag, in a few moments he had spiked the gun.

#* 1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 235-6:

Small skirmishes also took place, and the Afghans managed to seize a pair of mule-guns and force the British to spike and abandon two other precious guns.

# (journalism) To decide not to publish or make public. (From the former practice of newspaper editors impaling sheets of typewritten articles not selected for publication on a metal spike or spindle placed on their desks: see 2010 quotation.)

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# (American football) To slam a football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.

# (volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.

To increase sharply.

Traffic accidents spiked in December when there was ice on the roads.

To add a small amount of one substance to another.

The water sample to be tested has been spiked with arsenic, antimony, mercury, and lead in quantities commonly found in industrial effluents.

* '>citation

# (specifically) To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into food or drink.

She spiked my lemonade with vodka!

Derived terms

* spike someone's guns

Synonyms

* (volleyball): attack, hit

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* * * English terms with multiple etymologies

stud

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.

A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.

A group of such animals.

* Macaulay

He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates from Tories.

* Sir W. Temple

In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigour, and size.

An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.

A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.

(colloquial) A sexually attractive male; also a lover in great demand.

Synonyms

* (sexually attractive male) he-man, hunk * (male animal) sire

Derived terms

* studbook * studding * studly * stud puppy

Etymology 2

(etyl) studu .

Noun

(en noun)

A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.

a collar with studs

* Marlowe

A belt of straw and ivy buds, / With coral clasps and amber studs .

* Milton

Crystal and myrrhine cups, embossed with gems / And studs of pearl.

(jewelry) A small round earring.

She's wearing studs in her ears.

(construction) A vertical post, especially one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.

(obsolete) A stem; a trunk.

* Spenser

Seest not this same hawthorn stud ?

(poker) A type of poker where an individual cannot throw cards away and some of her cards are exposed (also stud poker).

(engineering) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.

(engineering) A stud bolt.

An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.

Derived terms

* studded

Verb

(studd)

To set with ; to furnish with studs.

To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.

* 2012 , Antony Cooke, Dark Nebulae, Dark Lanes, and Dust Belts , page 82:

[S]eemingly countless young hot stars stud the entire huge central region[.]

To set (something) over a surface at intervals.

* 2010 , Rose Levy Beranbaum, Rose's Heavenly Cakes :

Stud the cake all over with chocolate chips, pointed ends in.

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