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Stoped vs Stoned - What's the difference?

stoped | stoned |

As verbs the difference between stoped and stoned

is that stoped is past tense of stope while stoned is past tense of stone.

As an adjective stoned is

high on drugs, especially cannabis (weed).

stoped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (stope)

    • stope

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
  • * 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, page 318,
    • The other smell that worked its way into your clothes, your skin, your spirit, believed here to rise by way of long-deserted drifts and stopes , from the everyday atmosphere of Hell itself.

    Derived terms

    * stope assay plan * stope board * stope fillings * stope hoist * stope pillar

    Verb

  • (mining) To excavate in the form of stopes.
  • (mining) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.

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    stoned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stone)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • High on drugs, especially cannabis (weed).
    • We got stoned and ate four bags of potato chips.
  • Drunk.

    • Synonyms

    * high * blazed * baked * chopped

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