Stitch vs Wound - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between stitch and wound

is that stitch is to practice/practise stitching or needlework while wound is to hurt (a person's feelings).

As nouns the difference between stitch and wound

is that stitch is a single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made while wound is an injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

As verbs the difference between stitch and wound

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 wound is to hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin or wound can be (wind).

stitch

English

(wikipedia stitch)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) stiche, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(es)

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.

cross stitch

herringbone stitch

(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

drop a stitch

take up a stitch

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.

a stitch in the side

He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy.

(obsolete) A contortion, or twist.

* Marston

If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry.

(colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or dress.

to wet every stitch of clothes.

She didn't have a stitch on

A furrow.

(Chapman)

Etymology 2

From (etyl)

Verb

To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.

to stitch a shirt bosom.

To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.

to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title=tEngland Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets. }}

(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.

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 stitch

wound

English

Etymology 1

Noun from (etyl) wund, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

* 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:

The visitors were without Wayne Rooney after he suffered a head wound in training, which also keeps him out of England's World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine.

* Shakespeare

Showers of blood / Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen.

* 1883:

I went below, and did what I could for my wound ; it pained me a good deal, and still bled freely; but it was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly gall me when I used my arm.

(figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, etc.

It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.

An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.

Synonyms

* (injury) injury, lesion * (sense, something that offends a person's feelings) slight, slur, insult * See also

Derived terms

* dirty wound * entry wound * exit wound * flesh wound * rub salt in the wound * suck one's wounds * time heals all wounds

Verb

(en verb)

To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.

The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.

To hurt (a person's feelings).

The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.

Synonyms

* (injure) hurt, injure * offend

Etymology 2

See (Etymology 2)

Verb

(head)

(wind)

* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=

, title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck?; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”}} English heteronyms English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms