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Stamped vs Stitch - What's the difference?

stamped | stitch |

As verbs the difference between stamped and stitch

is that stamped is (stamp) while stitch is to form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.

As a noun stitch is

a single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

stamped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (stamp)
  • Anagrams

    * *

    stamp

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
  • The horse gave two quick stamps and rose up on its hind legs.
  • * 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
  • Just then there was a sound of footsteps, and the Boy ran past near them, and with a stamp of feet and a flash of white tails the two strange rabbits disappeared.
  • An indentation or imprint made by stamping.
  • My passport has quite a collection of stamps .
  • A device for stamping designs.
  • She loved to make designs with her collection of stamps .
  • A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.
  • These stamps have a Christmas theme.
  • A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other costs such as tax or licence fees.
  • I need one first-class stamp to send this letter.
    Now that commerce is done electronically, tax stamps are no longer issued here .
  • (slang, figuratively) A tattoo
  • (slang) A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide
  • Synonyms

    * (act of stamping ): * (indentation or imprint made by stamping ): * (device for stamping designs ): * (paper used to indicate payment has been paid ): postage stamp, revenue stamp, tax stamp

    Derived terms

    * rubber stamp * timestamp

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
  • The toddler screamed and stamped , but still got no candy.
  • To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
  • The crowd cheered and stamped their feet in appreciation.
  • To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
  • * Dryden
  • He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
    (Shakespeare)
  • To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.
  • This machine stamps the metal cover with a design.
    This machine stamps the design into the metal cover.
  • To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.
  • The immigration officer stamped my passport.
  • To apply postage stamps to.
  • I forgot to stamp this letter.
  • (figurative) To mark; to impress.
  • * John Locke
  • God has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=September 18 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England's superior conditioning began to show in the final quarter and as the game began to break up, their three-quarters began to stamp their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run from inside his own 22 and put Ashton in for a long-range try, any threat of an upset was when and truly snuffed out.}}

    Synonyms

    * (mark by pressing quickly and heavily ): emboss, dent * (give an official marking to ): impress, imprint

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    stitch

    English

    (wikipedia stitch)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) stiche, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (es)
  • A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
  • An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
  • cross stitch
    herringbone stitch
  • (sports) An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, caused by internal organs pulling downwards on the diaphragm during exercise.
  • A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
  • drop a stitch
    take up a stitch
  • An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
  • A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
  • Hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
  • :: You have gone a good stitch. — .
  • :: In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. — Holland.
  • A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
  • a stitch in the side
  • *
  • He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy.
  • (obsolete) A contortion, or twist.
  • * Marston
  • If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry.
  • (colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or dress.
  • to wet every stitch of clothes.
    She didn't have a stitch on
  • A furrow.
  • (Chapman)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

  • To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.
  • to stitch a shirt bosom.
  • To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
  • to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title=tEngland Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets. }}
  • (agriculture) To form land into ridges.
  • To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
  • (computing, graphics) To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image.
  • I can use this software to stitch together a panorama.
    Synonyms
    * (form stitches in ): sew * (unite by stitches ): sew, sew together, stitch together * (form land into ridges''): plough (''British''), plow (''US )

    Derived terms

    * a stitch in time saves nine * blanket stitch * be in stitches * cable stitch * chain stitch * cross-stitch * drop a stitch * garter stitch * herringbone stitch * in stitches * lock stitch * moss stitch * pearl stitch, purl stitch * rib stitch * running stitch * stem stitch * stitch up * stocking stitch * take up a stitch