Stakes vs Shakes - What's the difference?
stakes | shakes |
*{{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)
(en-plural noun)
(plurale tantum) A pattern of behavior including twitches, tics and spasms typical of withdrawal from addiction; usually following the .
As nouns the difference between stakes and shakes
is that stakes is while shakes is .As verbs the difference between stakes and shakes
is that stakes is (stake) while shakes is (shake).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
* * * ----shakes
English
Noun
(head)- [Recovering video game addicts] also have sleep disorders, the shakes and numbness in their hands. [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/05/china_net_addicts/]
- When researchers either stopped the diet or administered an opioid blocker, the rats showed signs common to drug withdrawal, such as teeth-chattering and the shakes . [http://apu.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=brainBriefings_sugarAddiction]