What is the difference between stitch and seam?
stitch | seam |
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.
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(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.
(sewing) A folded back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
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A suture.
A thin stratum, especially of coal or mineral.
(cricket) The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.
An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.
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(construction) A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.
A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
(figurative) A line of junction; a joint.
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To put together with a seam.
To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.
To mark with a seam or line; to scar.
* Alexander Pope
To crack open along a seam.
* L. Wallace
(cricket) Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.
(cricket) Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.
As nouns the difference between stitch and seam
is that stitch is a single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made while seam is a folded back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.WpAs verbs the difference between stitch and seam
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 seam is to put together with a seam.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 stitchseam
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
- As white glass was 6s. the 'seam', containing 24 'weys' (pise, or pondera) of 5 lb., and 2½ lb. was reckoned sufficient to make one foot of glazing, the cost of glass would be 1½d. leaving 2½d. for labour.
- Seams can be made or sealed in a variety of ways, including adhesive bonding, hot-air welding, solvent welding, using adhesive tapes, sealant, etc.
- Precepts should be so finely wrought togetherthat no coarse seam may discover where they join.
Derived terms
* seamster * seamstressVerb
(en verb)- Seamed o'er with wounds which his own sabre gave.
- Later their lips began to parch and seam .