Sprig vs Stig - What's the difference?
sprig | stig |
A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement.
* Sir Walter Scott
A brad, or nail without a head.
A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
A house sparrow.
To decorate with sprigs
As nouns the difference between sprig and stig
is that sprig is a small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray while stig is someone from a poor background, with a poor dress sense.As a verb sprig
is to decorate with sprigs.sprig
English
Noun
(en noun)- a sprig of laurel or of parsley
- a sprig whom I remember, with a whey-face and a satchel, not so many years ago
