Stocking vs Store - What's the difference?
stocking | store |
A soft garment worn on the foot and lower leg, usually knit or woven, worn under shoes or other footwear.
A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
A supply held in storage.
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(label) A place where items may be purchased.
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, title=, chapter=1
, passage=There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store , an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”}}
Memory.
A large amount of information retained in one's memory.
A great quantity or number.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
(transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 (computing) Write (something) into memory or registers.
(intransitive) To remain in good condition while stored.
As verbs the difference between stocking and store
is that stocking is while store is .As a noun stocking
is a soft garment worn on the foot and lower leg, usually knit or woven, worn under shoes or other footwear.stocking
English
(wikipedia stocking)Etymology 1
From . Corruption of old plural (-en), i.e. (stocken), now singular.Noun
(en noun)- A pair of stockings.
Usage notes
* Stocking may refer either to men's socks or to women's hose, but rarely to socks when worn by women. However, this usage appears somewhat variable.Derived terms
* bluestocking * stockinger * stocking filler * stocking-maker * stocking stufferSee also
* hose * sock * pantyhoseEtymology 2
From .Verb
(head)- I've almost finished stocking these groceries.
References
*store
English
Noun
(en noun)- By late summer a sufficient store of stone had accumulated, and then the building began, under the superintendence of the pigs.
- With store of ladies, whose bright eyes / Rain influence, and give the prize.
Synonyms
* (supply held in storage) stock, supply * (place from which items may be purchased) boutique, shop (UK); see also * (in computing) memoryDerived terms
* company store * drugstore * general store * variety store * give away the store * in store * mind the store * put store in * set store by * storage * storebought * storefront * storehouse * storekeeper * storeroomVerb
(stor)citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}