Stir vs Mix - 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.
To stir two or more substances together.
To combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* {{quote-book, year=1935, author=
, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1
, passage=She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.}}
To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
* {{quote-book, year=1935, author=
, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1
, passage=She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.}}
To use a mixer (machine) on.
(music) To combine several tracks.
(music) To produce a finished version of a recording.
To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
* Bible, (w) vii. 8
The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.
The result of combining items normally kept separate.
(music) The result of mixing several tracks.
(music) The finished version of a recording.
As verbs the difference between stir and mix
is that stir is to change the place of in any manner; to move while mix is to stir two or more substances together.As nouns the difference between stir and mix
is that stir is the act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements while mix is the result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.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 ----mix
English
(wikipedia mix)Alternative forms
* mixe (archaic)Etymology 1
From (etyl) mixen, from (etyl) mixian, Skeat, An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language , "Mix.". More at mash.Verb
- fair persuasions mixed with sugared words
George Goodchild
- Hast thou no poison mixed ?
- I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations.
George Goodchild
- Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.
Synonyms
* (stir two or more substances together) blend, combine, mingle, intermix, mix together, mix up * (combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate) mix together, mix up, muddle, muddle upDerived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) mixte, from (etyl) mixtus, past participle of . Form of the noun influenced by the verb.Noun
(es)- Now add the raisins to the mix .
- My recipe file was now a mix of meat and dairy.
- The combination of classical music and hip hop is a surprisingly good mix .
- The rhythm mix sounds muddy.
- I've almost finished the mix for this song.