Stairs vs Stair - What's the difference?
stairs | stair | Derived terms |
(label) A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.
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A single step in a staircase.
A series of steps, a staircase.
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Stair is a derived term of stairs.
As nouns the difference between stairs and stair
is that stairs is a contiguous set of steps connecting two floors while stair is a single step in a staircase.stairs
English
Noun
(head)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.}}
