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Stag vs Stan - What's the difference?

stag | stan |

As nouns the difference between stag and stan

is that stag is an adult male deer while stan is tin.

As verbs the difference between stag and stan

is that stag is (british) to act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks while stan is to stare.

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

    * * *

    stan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An extremely loyal and obsessed fan, particularly one whose fixation with a celebrity is unhealthy or intrusive.
  • * 2011 , Vanessa Spates, " Whether in Britney's Army or Rihanna's Navy, stans need to surrender to sanity", The Lantern (Ohio State University), Volume 132, Number 16, 11 October 2011, page 9A:
    • I know the in-depth detailed life of a stan because I am one. I'm one of those Lady Gaga fans,
  • * 2013 , " Selena Gomez: She Is My Queen", Sunday Tribune (South Africa), 17 March 2013:
    • I am the biggest stan for Selena because she is my queen. She made Disney interesting and I have always watched her.
  • * 2013 , Jake Folsom, " Stans take dedication to extreme heights online, in real life", Washington Square News , Volume 41, Number 104, 5 December 2013, page 11:
    • Incidents have occurred with stans showing up to pop stars' residences, as has happened with Madonna, Taylor Swift and others.

    Hypernyms

    * megafan, superfan, trufan, uberfan ----