Stint vs Proxy - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between stint and proxy

is that stint is a period of time spent doing or being something a spell or stint can be any of several very small wading birds in the genus calidris types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling or stint can be (medical device) while proxy is an agent or substitute authorized to act for another person or proxy can be (gaming|slang) a proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance.

As verbs the difference between stint and proxy

is that stint is (archaic|intransitive) to stop (an action); cease, desist while proxy is to serve as a proxy for.

As an adjective proxy is

used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.

stint

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A period of time spent doing or being something. A spell.

He had a stint in jail.

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limit; bound; restraint; extent

* South

God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power.

Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.

* Cowper

His old stint — three thousand pounds a year.

Verb

(en verb)

(archaic) To stop (an action); cease, desist.

* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iii:

O do thy cruell wrath and spightfull wrong / At length allay, and stint thy stormy strife

* Shakespeare

And stint thou too, I pray thee.

* Sir Walter Scott

The damsel stinted in her song.

(obsolete) To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).

* Late 14th century , :

Now wol I stynten of this Arveragus, / And speken I wole of Dorigen his wyf

To be sparing or mean.

The next party you throw, don't stint on the beer.

To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.

* Woodward

I shall not go about to extenuate the latitude of the curse upon the earth, or stint it only to the production of weeds.

* Law

She stints them in their meals.

To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.

To impregnate successfully; to get with foal; said of mares.

* J. H. Walsh

The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work.

Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Noun

(en noun)

Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris . Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.

Etymology 3

Noun

(en noun)

(medical device).

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proxy

English

(wikipedia proxy)

Etymology 1

Contraction of (etyl) procuracie'', from ''procuratia'', from (etyl) ''procuratio .

Adjective

(en adjective)

Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.

a proxy indicator

a proxy measurement

Noun

(proxies)

An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.

* Blackstone

Every peer may make another lord of parliament his proxy , to vote for him in his absence.

The authority to act for another, especially when written.

* Burke

I have no man's proxy : I speak only for myself.

The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.

(Burrill)

(sciences) A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another

(software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.

Synonyms

* deputy * substitute * representative * See also

Derived terms

* proxy abuse * proxy battle * proxy bullying * proxy card * proxy fight * proxy marriage * proxy murder * proxy pattern * proxy server * proxy voting * proxy war * caching proxy * complexity-hiding proxy * copy-on-write proxy * dynamic proxy * firewall proxy * forward proxy * protection proxy * remote proxy * reverse proxy * smart-reference proxy * surrogate proxy * synchronisation proxy * virtual proxy

Verb

To serve as a proxy for.

* 1983 , Alfred Blumstein, National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Sentencing Research, Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform , page 143

In many of the studies we reviewed, it is common practice to use an observed variable to proxy for a relevant variable that could not be observed.

(networking) To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service.

Etymology 2

prox'imity + ' -y

Noun

(proxies)

(gaming, slang) A proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance.

* 2001 , "TripleRaid", Perfect Dark: Glitch FAQ [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/n64/file/198275/7974]

(Make sure you don't move!! Might trigger a proxy ..!)

* 2001 , "CyricZ", Perfect Dark: FAQ/Walkthrough [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/n64/file/198275/8052]

the only means the Protectors have of delaying is by laying mines and Sentry Guns, and the Runners can only use the Magnums to blow up Proxies and Sentries.

* 2002 , "yc", Super Smash Bros.: Kirby [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/n64/file/198854/9449]

Usually, the only reason I play in Yoshi's Island is to have fun with the clouds - put proxies on them, taunt from them, whatever.

* 2006 , "eatyourmumshead", Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory: Online Mode FAQ [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/924556/43994]

You can also walk with your gun out, as this will limit your speed, allowing you do [sic] evade the proxies .

Synonyms

* proxy mine English words suffixed with -y ----