Sterling vs Stirring - What's the difference?
sterling | stirring |
The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound.
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, chapter=1 Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925.
* S. M. Leake
Sterling silver, or articles made from this material.
A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge; a starling.
of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage.
of, relating to, or made from sterling silver.
Of acknowledged worth or influence; high quality; authoritative.
* {{quote-news
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, date=December 13
, author=Mandeep Sanghera
, title=Burnley 1-0 Southampton
, work=BBC Sport
Genuine; true; pure; of great value or excellence.
invigorating or inspiring
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* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
*:The opening crawl (and a stirring propaganda movie) informs us that “The Hunger Games” are an annual event in Panem, a North American nation divided into 12 different districts, each in service to the Capitol, a wealthy metropolis that owes its creature comforts to an oppressive dictatorship.
(gerund of stir) An occasion on which something stirs or is stirred
* {{quote-news, 2009, January 16, Carter Dougherty, European Central Bank Cuts Key Rate, New York Times
, passage=The reduction takes the central bank back to where it was in December 2005, when it began raising its key rate despite objections from some political figures and many economists about choking the early stirrings of a recovery in growth. }}
As a proper noun sterling
is a scottish surname, variant of stirling.As an adjective stirring is
invigorating or inspiring.As a verb stirring is
.As a noun stirring is
(gerund of stir) an occasion on which something stirs or is stirred.sterling
English
(wikipedia sterling)Noun
citation, passage=“… among the objects stolen was the famous parure of Black Diamonds, for which a bid of half a million sterling had just been made and accepted. […]”}}
- Sterling was the known and approved standard in England, in all probability, from the beginning of King Henry the Second's reign.
Adjective
(-)citation, page= , passage=Southampton had been hoping to get back to winning ways to prove to their critics there was substance to their sterling start to the season.}}
Anagrams
*stirring
English
Adjective
(head)- As he had said, his voice was hoarse, but he sang well enough, and it was a stirring tune, something between 'Clementine' and 'La Cucaracha'.
citation, page= , passage=But Chelsea, who left Didier Drogba on the bench as coach Carlo Ancelotti favoured Fernando Torres, staged a stirring fightback to move up to fourth and keep United in their sights on a night when nothing other than victory would have kept the Blues in contention.}}
Verb
(head)Noun
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