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Staged vs Stagged - What's the difference?

staged | stagged |

As verbs the difference between staged and stagged

is that staged is past tense of stage while stagged is past tense of stag.

As an adjective staged

is planned, prepared.

staged

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Planned, prepared.
  • The conman staged the car accident so he could collect the insurance money.
  • Intended for the stage as in a theater.
  • The staged performance was good, but I liked the book better.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stage)
  • Anagrams

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    stagged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stag)
  • Anagrams

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    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)

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