Stage vs Deck - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between stage and deck

is that stage is a phase while deck is any flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.

As verbs the difference between stage and deck

is that stage is to produce on a stage, to perform a play while deck is to furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

stage

English

Noun

(en noun)

A phase.

* (1800-1859)

Such a polity is suited only to a particular stage in the progress of society.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)

, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.}}

The area, in any theatre, generally raised, upon which an audience watches plays or other public ceremonies.

* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

Knights, squires, and steeds must enter on the stage .

* (1791–1875)

Lo! Where the stage , the poor, degraded stage, / Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age.

A floor or storey of a house.

(Wyclif)

A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.

A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.

A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers.

* (William Cowper) (1731-1800)

a parcel sent you by the stage

* (Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

I went in the sixpenny stage .

(label) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.

(label) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road.

* Jeffrey

A stage signifies a certain distance on a road.

* 1858 , (Samuel Smiles), (Robert Stephenson), The Life of George Stephenson: Railway Engineer , p.356

He travelled by gig, with his wife, his favourite horse performing the journey by easy stages .

*{{quote-book, year=1910, author=(Emerson Hough)

, title= The Purchase Price, chapter=3 , passage=The Mount Vernon , favoured by a good stage of water, soon cleared the narrow Monongahela channel, passed the confluence, and headed down under full steam, […].}}

(label) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.

The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.

(label) A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.

A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

When we are born, we cry that we are come / To this stage of fools.

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

Music and ethereal mirth / Wherewith the stage of air and earth did ring.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 2, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC

, title= Bulgaria 0-3 England , passage=Rooney's United team-mate Chris Smalling was given his debut at right-back and was able to adjust to the international stage in relatively relaxed fashion as Bulgaria barely posed a threat of any consequence.}}

Synonyms

* (phase) tier, level

Derived terms

* sage on the stage * stagecoach * stage-door Johnny * stage whisper * staging area

Verb

(en-verb)

To produce on a stage, to perform a play.

The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice".

To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.

The salesman’s demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective.

(Of a protest or strike etc.) To carry out.

To cause to pause or wait at a designated location.

We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag.

to stage data to be written at a later time

Anagrams

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deck

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

Any flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.

(lb) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

A pack or set of playing cards.

A set of slides for a presentation.

*2011 , David Kroenke, Donald Nilson, Office 365 in Business

*:Navigate to the location where your PowerPoint deck is stored and select it.

(lb) A heap or store.

*(Philip Massinger) (1583-1640)

*:Whohath such trinkets / Ready in the deck .

Derived terms

* afterdeck * below decks * flight deck * foredeck * forward deck * lower deck * poopdeck * quarterdeck * rear deck * stern deck

Verb

(en verb)

(uncommon) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

(slang) In a fight or brawl, to knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.

Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?

Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance

* 1919 ,

They call beautiful a dress, a dog, a sermon; and when they are face to face with Beauty cannot recognise it. The false emphasis with which they try to deck their worthless thoughts blunts their susceptibilities.

* Bible, Job xl. 10

Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency.

* Shakespeare

Deck my body in gay ornaments.

To decorate (something).

* Dryden

The dew with spangles decked the ground.

To cover; to overspread.

* Milton

to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky

Usage notes

* See deck out