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Stipe vs Stope - What's the difference?

stipe | stope |

As nouns the difference between stipe and stope

is that stipe is the stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc while stope is a mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.

As a verb stope is

to excavate in the form of stopes.

stipe

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
  • The trunk of a tree.
  • The caudicle within the pollinarium of an orchid flower
  • The petiole of the frond of a fern or palm

    • Related terms

    * stipitate

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    stope

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
  • * 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, page 318,
    • The other smell that worked its way into your clothes, your skin, your spirit, believed here to rise by way of long-deserted drifts and stopes , from the everyday atmosphere of Hell itself.

    Derived terms

    * stope assay plan * stope board * stope fillings * stope hoist * stope pillar

    Verb

  • (mining) To excavate in the form of stopes.
  • (mining) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.

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