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Strick vs Stoic - What's the difference?

strick | stoic |

As nouns the difference between strick and stoic

is that strick is a flat piece of wood used for levelling off grain in a measure; a strickle while stoic is (stoic).

As an adjective stoic is

(stoic).

strick

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flat piece of wood used for levelling off grain in a measure; a strickle.
  • A bushel measure.
  • A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.
  • (Knight)
    ----

    stoic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Stoic * Stoick (obsolete) * stoick (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philosophy) Proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 up to about the time of , who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.
  • A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.
  • Adjective

    (Stoicism) (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.
  • Not affected by pain or distress.
  • Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.
  • Synonyms

    * (not affected by pain or distress ) apathetic, impassive, stoical * (not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress ) expressionless, impassive

    Anagrams

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