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Stow vs Stog - What's the difference?

stow | stog |

As nouns the difference between stow and stog

is that stow is (rare) a place while stog is haystack.

As a verb stow

is to put something away in a compact and tidy manner.

stow

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) stowe, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rare) A place.
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "stow")

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) stowen, stawen, stewen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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
    • Related terms
    * bestow * stow away

    Anagrams

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    stog

    English

    Verb

  • (dated) (used passively) To be bogged, to be stuck in mud.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1855 , author=Charles Kingsley , title=Westward Ho! , chapter=5 , url= , isbn= , page= , passage=If any of his party are mad, they'll try it, and be stogged till the day of judgment. There are bogs..twenty feet deep.}}
  • (obsolete) To walk with a heavy or clumsy gait; to plod.
  • (dialect, Scotland) To stab; to probe; to thrust; to prod; to pierce.
  • (dialect, California) To have a cigarette.

    • Derived terms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l) ----