Stopped vs Stokes - What's the difference?
stopped | stokes |
(stop)
(of a vehicle) Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed;
(more generally) In the state resulting from having stopped.
(of a pipe) Having a stop; being closed at one end.
(of a plant) In a well-pruned state.
(phonetics) Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b'', ''d'', ''p'', and ''t .
(stoke)
A unit of kinematic viscosity in the CGS system of units. 1 stokes = 1 cm²/s
As verbs the difference between stopped and stokes
is that stopped is past tense of stop while stokes is third-person singular of stoke.As an adjective stopped
is not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.As a noun stokes is
a unit of kinematic viscosity in the CGS system of units. 1 stokes = 1 cm²/s.As a proper noun Stokes is
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English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- We were stopped for more than three hours!
- ''They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.
- A stopped clock is right twice a day.