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Stake vs Paling - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between stake and paling

is that stake is a piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay while paling is a pointed stick used to make a fence.

As verbs the difference between stake and paling

is that stake is to fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes while paling is present participle of lang=en.

stake

English

(wikipedia stake)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
    • We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars),
    • A sharpened stake strong Dryas found.
  • # A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
  • A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
  • (with definite article) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned.
    • Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake .
  • A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
    • The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.
  • That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
  • A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.
  • (Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars), Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
    • Every city, or stake, including a chief town and surrounding towns, has its president, with two counselors; and this president has a high council of chosen men.

    Synonyms

    * (croquet) peg

    Derived terms

    * burn at the stake * pull up stakes * stake of Zion

    Related terms

    * (wager or pledge) at stake

    Verb

    (stak)
  • To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
    • to stake vines or plants.
  • To pierce or wound with a stake.
  • To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars), (Alexander Pope)
    • I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays.
  • To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
    • John went broke, so to keep him playing, Jill had to ''stake'' him .
    His family staked him $10,000 to get his business started.

    Synonyms

    * (put at risk) wager, bet

    Derived terms

    * stake a claim * stake out

    Anagrams

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    paling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pointed stick used to make a fence.
  • A fence made of palings.
  • * 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 142
    • The park paling was still the boundary on one side, and she soon passed one of the gates into the ground.