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Stake vs Strake - What's the difference?

stake | strake |

As verbs the difference between stake and strake

is that stake is while strake is (obsolete) to stretch [akin to old english: streccan] or strake can be (obsolete) (strike).

As a noun strake is

(obsolete) an iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel.

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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    strake

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel.
  • *
  • (aviation) A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow.
  • (nautical, archaic) A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501).
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  • (engineering) A shaped piece of wood used to level a bed or contour the shape of a mould, as for a bell
  • A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
  • (obsolete) A streak.
    • (Spenser)
    Usage notes
    * (nautical) The planks or plates next to the keel are called the garboard strakes''; the next, or the heavy strakes at the bilge, are the ''bilge strakes''; the next, from the water line to the lower port sill, the ''wales''; and the upper parts of the sides, the ''sheer strakes .

    Verb

    (strak)
  • (obsolete) To stretch [akin to Old English: streccan].

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (strike)
    • (Spenser)

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