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Stanch vs Stench - What's the difference?

stanch | stench |

As verbs the difference between stanch and stench

is that stanch is to stop the flow of while stench is to cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.

As nouns the difference between stanch and stench

is that stanch is that which stanches or checks while stench is a strong foul smell, a stink.

As an adjective stanch

is strong and tight; sound; firm.

stanch

English

Alternative forms

* staunch

Verb

(es)
  • To stop the flow of.
    • A small amount of cotton can be stuffed into the nose to stanch the flow of blood if necessary.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Iron or a stone laid to the neck doth stanch the bleeding of the nose.
  • To cease, as the flowing of blood.
  • * Bible, Luke viii. 44
    • Immediately her issue of blood stanched .
  • To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
  • * Emerson
    • His gathered sticks to stanch the wall / Of the snow tower when snow should fall.
  • To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.

    • Noun

    (es)
  • That which stanches or checks.
  • A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
    • (Knight)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Strong and tight; sound; firm.
    • a stanch ship
  • * Evelyn
    • One of the closets is parqueted with plain deal, set in diamond, exceeding stanch and pretty.
  • Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steadfast.
    • a stanch''' churchman; a '''stanch friend or adherent
  • * Prior
    • In politics I hear you're stanch .
  • Close; secret; private.
  • * John Locke
    • this to be kept stanch

    Anagrams

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    stench

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • a strong foul smell, a stink
  • (figurative) a foul quality
    • the stench of political corruption
  • (obsolete) A smell or odour, not necessarily bad.
  • * Dryden
    • Clouds of savoury stench involve the sky.

    Synonyms

    * (disagreeable smell) (l), (l) (Commonwealth)

    Antonyms

    * (disagreeable smell) (l), (l), (l)

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.
    • (Young)
  • To stanch.
    • (Harvey)