Stout vs Stately - What's the difference?
stout | stately |
large; bulky, thickset; corpulent, fat.
(obsolete) bold, strong-minded; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular.
* Shakespeare
* Clarendon
* Daniel
(obsolete) proud; haughty; arrogant; hard.
* Bible, Mal. iii. 13
* Latimer
firm; resolute; dauntless.
materially strong, enduring.
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=4 obstinate.
A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.
An obese person. (rfex)
A large clothing size. (rfex)
Of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect.
* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
Of movement: dignified; deliberate, unhurried.
* 2010 , "An own goal on gay rights", The Economist , 14 Oct 2010:
Imposing; grand, impressive.
As a proper noun stout
is .As an adjective stately is
of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect.As an adverb stately is
in a stately manner.stout
English
Adjective
(er)- a stouter champion never handled sword
- He lost the character of a bold, stout , magnanimous man.
- The lords all stand / To clear their cause, most resolutely stout .
- Your words have been stout against me.
- Commonly they that be rich are lofty and stout .
- Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.
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Derived terms
* stouten * stouthearted * stoutish * stoutly * stoutnessNoun
("stout" on Wikipedia) (en noun)- Stout is darker, stronger and sweeter than porter beer.
Anagrams
* ----stately
English
Adjective
(er)- Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.
- And much as they welcome his promise to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell”, they are dismayed by the stately pace and bungled tactics of his attempts to do so.