Stake vs Stage - What's the difference?
stake | stage |
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.
* (and other bibliographic particulars),
# 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.
A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
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.
To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
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)
To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
A phase.
* (1800-1859)
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= The area, in any theatre, generally raised, upon which an audience watches plays or other public ceremonies.
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
* (1791–1875)
A floor or storey of a house.
A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers.
* (William Cowper) (1731-1800)
* (Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
(label) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
(label) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road.
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* 1858 , (Samuel Smiles), (Robert Stephenson),
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, title= (label) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
(label) A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.
A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 2, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC
, title= To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
(Of a protest or strike etc.) To carry out.
To cause to pause or wait at a designated location.
As verbs the difference between stake and stage
is that stake is while stage is to produce on a stage, to perform a play.As a noun stage is
a phase.stake
English
(wikipedia stake)Noun
(en noun)- We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.
- A sharpened stake strong Dryas found.
- Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake .
- The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.
- 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) pegDerived terms
* burn at the stake * pull up stakes * stake of ZionVerb
(stak)- to stake vines or plants.
- I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays.
- 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, betDerived terms
* stake a claim * stake outAnagrams
* * * * ----stage
English
Noun
(en noun)- Such a polity is suited only to a particular stage in the progress of society.
Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.}}
- Knights, squires, and steeds must enter on the stage .
- Lo! Where the stage , the poor, degraded stage, / Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age.
- (Wyclif)
- a parcel sent you by the stage
- I went in the sixpenny stage .
- A stage signifies a certain distance on a road.
The Life of George Stephenson: Railway Engineer, p.356
- He travelled by gig, with his wife, his favourite horse performing the journey by easy stages .
The Purchase Price, chapter=3 , passage=The Mount Vernon , favoured by a good stage of water, soon cleared the narrow Monongahela channel, passed the confluence, and headed down under full steam, […].}}
- When we are born, we cry that we are come / To this stage of fools.
- Music and ethereal mirth / Wherewith the stage of air and earth did ring.
Bulgaria 0-3 England, passage=Rooney's United team-mate Chris Smalling was given his debut at right-back and was able to adjust to the international stage in relatively relaxed fashion as Bulgaria barely posed a threat of any consequence.}}
Synonyms
* (phase) tier, levelDerived terms
* sage on the stage * stagecoach * stage-door Johnny * stage whisper * staging areaVerb
(en-verb)- The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice".
- The salesman’s demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective.
- We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag.
- to stage data to be written at a later time