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Stakes vs Bet - What's the difference?

stakes | bet |

As a noun stakes

is .

As a verb stakes

is (stake).

As a proper noun bet is

a diminutive of elizabeth.

stakes

English

Noun

(head)
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012
  • , date=May 9 , author=John Percy , title=Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report , work=the Telegraph citation , page= , passage=Holloway has unfinished business in the Premier League after relegation last year and he will make a swift return if he can overcome West Ham a week on Saturday. Sam Allardyce, the West Ham manager, will be acutely aware that when the stakes are high, Blackpool are simply formidable.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stake)
  • Anagrams

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    bet

    English

    Etymology 1

    From 16th century criminal slang, likely from abet or (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).
  • Dylan owes Fletcher $30 from an unsuccessful bet.
  • A degree of certainty.
  • It’s a safe bet that it will rain tomorrow.
    It’s an even bet that Jim will come top of the maths test tomorrow

    Verb

  • To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
  • * Shakespeare
  • John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head.
  • * O. W. Holmes
  • I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it.
  • To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
  • You bet !
  • (poker) To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round.
  • Derived terms
    * bet one's boots * bet one's bottom dollar * bet the farm

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

  • Etymology 3