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Stagnant vs Stuck - What's the difference?

stagnant | stuck |

As adjectives the difference between stagnant and stuck

is that stagnant is lacking freshness, motion, flow, progress, or change; stale; motionless; still while stuck is trapped and unable to move.

As a verb stuck is

past tense of stick (which in the past was sticked.

As a noun stuck is

a thrust.

stagnant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking freshness, motion, flow, progress, or change; stale; motionless; still.

    • Related terms

    * stagnate * stagflation

    Derived terms

    * stagnantly * stagnancy

    stuck

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

  • (stick) (which in the past was sticked )

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Trapped and unable to move.
    • Sue tried to squeeze through the window, but got stuck .
    Can you shift this gate? I think it's stuck .
  • Unable to progress.
    • ''I'm stuck on this question in the test.
    Derived terms
    * stuck on

    Etymology 2

    Compare stoccado.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A thrust.
  • * 1599 , , IV. vii. 160:
    • If he by chance escape your venomed stuck, / Our purpose may hold there.
    (Webster 1913)

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