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What is the difference between stag and deer?

stag | deer |

Deer is a hyponym of stag.



As nouns the difference between stag and deer

is that stag is an adult male deer while deer is a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla.

As a verb stag

is to act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.

As an adverb stag

is of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.

stag

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (dialectal), (l) (Scotland), (l), (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An adult male deer.
  • A colt, or filly.
  • (by extension, obsolete) A romping girl.
  • An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – called also a bull seg. See the Note under ox.
  • An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
  • One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.
  • The European wren, .
  • An unmarried male, a bachelor; a male not accompanying a female at a social event.
  • A social event for males held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom, sometimes a fund-raiser.
    • The stag will be held in the hotel's ballroom

    Synonyms

    * (social event) bachelor party (US''), stag do (''UK informal ), stag party

    Derived terms

    * stag beetle * stag do * stag night * stag party

    Verb

    (stagg)
  • (British) To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.
  • To watch; to dog, or keep track of.

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.
    • My brother went stag to prom because he couldn't find a date.

    See also

    * bachelorette party, hen party (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    deer

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia deer)
  • A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae'', or one of several similar animals from related families of the order ''Artiodactyla .
  • (lb) One of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose'' or ''elk .
    • I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.
  • The meat of such an animal; venison.
    • Oh, I've never had deer before.
  • A beast, especially a quadruped and especially a mammal, as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.
  • * (rfdate) William Shakespeare, King Lear , Act III. IV:
    • But mice and rats and such small deer , have been Tom's food for seven long year.

    Hyponyms

    * buck, stag (male deer) * doe (female deer) * fawn (young deer) * hart (adult deer)

    Derived terms

    * deerfly * deerlike * deer ked * deer's tongue * (Bactrian deer) * (Bawean deer) * (black-tailed deer) * (Calamian deer) * (Corsican red deer) * (vern, Eld's deer) * (European red deer) * fallow deer * (Formosan deer) * (Indian hog deer) * (Indochinese hog deer) * (Maral deer) * marsh deer * (Mindanao mountain deer) * (Mindoro deer) * mouse deer * mule deer * musk deer * pampas deer * * (vern, Prince Alfred's deer) * red deer * reindeer * roe deer * rusa deer * Schomburgk's deer * (sika deer) * (vern, Thorold's deer) * (Tsushima Island deer) * (Vietnamese deer) * (water deer) * white-tailed deer * (Yarkand deer)

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