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Stagnation vs Stalemate - What's the difference?

stagnation | stalemate |

As nouns the difference between stagnation and stalemate

is that stagnation is stagnation while stalemate is (chess) the state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.

As a verb stalemate is

(chess|transitive) to bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.

stagnation

English

Noun

  • inactivity
    • The general concern about industrial stagnation inspired an overhaul of the patent system.
  • being stagnant; being without circulation
    • Factors known to encourage the growth of harmful bacteria inside cooling systems include the stagnation of the water.

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    stalemate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
  • Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss.

    • Related terms

    * checkmate * mate * stale

    Verb

    (stalemat)
  • (chess) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
  • (figuratively) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.
  • * 29 February 2012 , Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17213948]
    • The North Korean nuclear issue, stalemated for the past three years, is now back in play again - not before time.

    See also

    * check

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