Stakes vs Derby - What's the difference?
stakes | derby |
*{{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
(stake)
Any of several annual horseraces.
By extension, any organized race.
(US) A bowler hat
*1906 , O. Henry,
*:He began to fan her with his hat. That was successful, for he struck her nose with the brim of his derby and she opened her eyes.
(sports) A local derby
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=April 15
, author=Saj Chowdhury
, title=Norwich 2 - 1 Nott'm Forest
, work=BBC Sport
As nouns the difference between stakes and derby
is that stakes is plural of lang=en while derby is any of several annual horseraces.As a verb stakes
is third-person singular of stake.As a proper noun Derby is
a city in the east Midlands of England, once the county town of Derbyshire.stakes
English
Noun
(head)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)Anagrams
* * * ----derby
English
Noun
(derbies)citation, page= , passage=Defeat sees Forest remain a point outside the top six with a derby against Leicester up next.}}