Stir vs Fit - What's the difference?
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To change the place of in any manner; to move.
*(rfdate), (Sir William Temple)
*:My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir .
(lb) To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate.
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*(rfdate), (William Shakespeare)
*:My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred .
(lb) To agitate the content of (a container) by passing something through it.
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(lb) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
*(rfdate), (Francis Bacon)
*:Stir not questions of jurisdiction.
(lb) To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.
*(rfdate) (Chaucer)
*:To stir men to devotion.
*(rfdate), (William Shakespeare)
*:An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife.
*(rfdate), (John Dryden)
*:And for her sake some mutiny will stir .
*1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
*:That night he was almost too happy to sleep, and so much love stirred in his little sawdust heart that it almost burst.
(lb) To move; to change one’s position.
*(rfdate) (Byron)
*:I had not power to stir or strive, But felt that I was still alive.
(lb) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
*(rfdate) (Byron)
*:All are not fit with them to stir and toil.
*(rfdate) (Charles Merivale)
*:The friends of the unfortunate exile, far from resenting his unjust suspicions, were stirring anxiously in his behalf.
(lb) To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
*(rfdate), (Isaac Watts)
*:They fancy they have a right to talk freely upon everything that stirs or appears.
To rise, or be up and about, in the morning.
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*:"Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir ; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir! "
The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
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Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
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Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
(lb) Jail; prison.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir , the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.
Suitable, proper.
* Bible, Job xxxiv. 18
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Adapted to a purpose or environment.
* Shakespeare
In good shape; physically well.
(British, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful.
Prepared; ready.
* Fairfax
To be suitable for.
* 1918 , Richard Dennis Teall Hollister, Speech-making , publ. George Wahr,
To conform to in size and shape.
To be of the right size and shape, as of clothing.
To make conform in size and shape.
# To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
To be in agreement with.
To adjust.
To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
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To equip or supply.
To make ready.
(archaic) To be seemly.
To be proper or becoming.
* Alexander Pope
To be in harmony.
The degree to which something fits.
Conformity of elements one to another.
The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
(advertising) how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
(statistics) goodness of fit.
(archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
* 1771 , (1791), vol 2:
* Spenser
A seizure or convulsion.
(medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
A sudden outburst of emotion.
A sudden burst (of an activity).
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(medicine) To suffer a fit.
In transitive terms the difference between stir and fit
is that stir is to incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite while fit is to make ready.In intransitive terms the difference between stir and fit
is that stir is to become the object of notice; to be on foot while fit is to be in harmony.As verbs the difference between stir and fit
is that stir is to change the place of in any manner; to move while fit is to be suitable for.As nouns the difference between stir and fit
is that stir is the act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements while fit is the degree to which something fits.As an adjective fit is
suitable, proper.As an abbreviation FIT is
fully inclusive tour.stir
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) stiren, from (etyl) styrian, from (etyl) .Verb
(stirr)Usage notes
* In all transitive senses except the first, (term) is often followed by (up) with an intensive effect; as, (term); (term).Synonyms
* (to move) incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate; excite; provoke.Derived terms
* stir-fry * stirrer * stir up * straw that stirs the drinkNoun
- Why all these words, this clamor, and this stir ?
- ''Consider, after so much stir about genus and species, how few words we have yet settled definitions of.
- Being advertised of some stirs raised by his unnatural sons in England.
Etymology 2
(en)Noun
(-)Anagrams
* * English ergative verbs ----fit
English
Etymology 1
Possibly from the (etyl) .Adjective
(fitter)- You have nothing to say about it. I'll do exactly as I see fit .
- Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked?
- survival of the fittest
- That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in.
- You don't have to be a good climber for Kilimanjaro, but you do have to be fit .
- I think the girl working in the office is fit .
- So fit to shoot, she singled forth among her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel.
Derived terms
* fighting fit * fit as a fiddle * fitly * fitness * fittie * unfitEtymology 2
From the adjective .Verb
- It fits the purpose.
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- The speaker should be certain that his subject fits the occasion.
- The small shirt doesn't fit me, so I'll buy the medium size.
- If I lose a few kilos, the gorgeous wedding dress might fit me.
- I wanted to borrow my little sister's jeans, but they didn't fit .
- I want to fit the drapes to the windows.
- I had a suit fitted by the tailor.
- These definitions fit most of the usage.
- The regression program fit a line to the data.
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- The chandler will fit us with provisions for a month.
- I'm fitting the ship for a summer sail home.
- Nor fits it to prolong the feast.
- The paint, the fabrics, the rugs all fit .
Derived terms
* fit like a glove * fit up * misfitNoun
(en noun)- This shirt is a bad fit .
- Since he put on weight, his jeans have been a tight fit .
- It's hard to get a good fit using second-hand parts.
- The Wonder Bread advertising research results showed the “White Picket Fence” commercial had strong fit ratings.
Usage notes
Usually used in the singular preceded by an indefinite article and an adjective.References
* (advertising) The Advertising Research Handbook Charles E. Young, Ideas in Flight, Seattle, WA, April 2005Etymology 3
, or, from the sense of fitted to length.Noun
(en noun)- Dr. Percy has written a long ballad in many fits .
- to play some pleasant fit
References
* Oxford English Dictionary: fit, fyte n. 1Etymology 4
.Noun
(en noun)- My grandfather died after having a fit .
- He had a laughing fit which lasted more than ten minutes.
- She had a fit and had thrown all of his clothes out of the window.
- He threw a fit when his car broke down.
