Stilt vs Stile - What's the difference?
stilt | stile |
Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.
A tall pillar or post used to support some structure; often above water.
Any of various wading birds of the genera Himantopus'' and ''Cladorhynchus , related to the avocet, that have extremely long legs and long thin bills.
A crutch.
The handle of a plough.
A set of steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
A vertical component of a panel or frame, such as that of a door or window.
A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style.
(obsolete) A mode of composition; a style.
* Bunyan
As a noun stilt
is either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.As a verb stilt
is to raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.As an adjective stile is
stylish, smart.stilt
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Halliwell)
Derived terms
* (stilt plover) * (stilt sandpiper)Anagrams
* ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==Alternative forms
* (l) (Etymology 3 )Verb
(head)stile
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(wikipedia stile) (en noun)- 'Twas very true what Greening said; for of a summer evening I would take the path that led up Weatherbeech Hill, behind the Manor; both because 'twas a walk that had a good prospect in itself, and also a sweet charm for me, namely, the hope of seeing Grace Maskew. And there I often sat upon the stile that ends the path and opens on the down, and watched the old half-ruined house below; and sometimes saw white-frocked Gracie walking on the terrace in the evening sun, and sometimes in returning passed her window near enough to wave a greeting.
- (Moxon)
- May I not write in such a stile as this?