Stitch vs Hem - What's the difference?
stitch | hem |
A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
(sports) An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, caused by internal organs pulling downwards on the diaphragm during exercise.
A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
Hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
:: You have gone a good stitch. — .
:: In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. — Holland.
A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
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(obsolete) A contortion, or twist.
* Marston
(colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or dress.
A furrow.
To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.
To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
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(agriculture) To form land into ridges.
To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
(computing, graphics) To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image.
An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
* Spectator
To make the sound expressed by the word hem ; to hesitate in speaking.
* Shakespeare
(sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
A rim or margin of something.
* Shakespeare
In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
(in sewing) To make a hem.
(transitive): To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
(transitive): To surround something or someone in a confining way.
In intransitive terms the difference between stitch and hem
is that stitch is to practice/practise stitching or needlework while hem is in sewing To make a hem.As nouns the difference between stitch and hem
is that stitch is a single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made while hem is an utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.As verbs the difference between stitch and hem
is that stitch is to form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches while hem is to make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.As an interjection hem is
used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.As a pronoun hem is
obsolete form of 'em|lang=en.stitch
English
(wikipedia stitch)Etymology 1
From (etyl) stiche, from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(es)- cross stitch
- herringbone stitch
- drop a stitch
- take up a stitch
- a stitch in the side
- He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy.
- If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry.
- to wet every stitch of clothes.
- She didn't have a stitch on
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Etymology 2
From (etyl)Verb
- to stitch a shirt bosom.
- to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
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- I can use this software to stitch together a panorama.
Synonyms
* (form stitches in ): sew * (unite by stitches ): sew, sew together, stitch together * (form land into ridges''): plough (''British''), plow (''US )Derived terms
* a stitch in time saves nine * blanket stitch * be in stitches * cable stitch * chain stitch * cross-stitch * drop a stitch * garter stitch * herringbone stitch * in stitches * lock stitch * moss stitch * pearl stitch, purl stitch * rib stitch * running stitch * stem stitch * stitch up * stocking stitch * take up a stitchhem
English
Etymology 1
A sound uttered in imitation of clearing the throat (onomatopoeia)See also
* ahem * hawNoun
(en noun)- his morning hems
Verb
(hemm)- Hem , and stroke thy beard.
Derived terms
* hem and hawEtymology 2
From Middle English hem, hemm, in turn from Old English hemm and related to Middle High German .Noun
(en noun)- hem of the sea
