Stow vs Endow - What's the difference?
stow | endow |
to put something away in a compact and tidy manner
to put something away to store it in a space-saving manner and over a long time
To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.
To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); — followed by with, rarely by of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits.
To bestow freely.
To be furnished with something naturally.
As verbs the difference between stow and endow
is that stow is to put something away in a compact and tidy manner while endow is to furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.As a noun stow
is a place.stow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) stowe, from (etyl) .Quotations
* (English Citations of "stow")Etymology 2
From (etyl) stowen, stawen, stewen, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)Anagrams
*endow
English
Alternative forms
* indow (archaic)Verb
(en verb)- She was'' ''endowed'' ''with a beautiful voice.