Stub vs Stun - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between stub and stun

is that stub is something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump while stun is the condition of being stunned.

As verbs the difference between stub and stun

is that stub is to remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground while stun is to incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.

stub

English

(wikipedia stub)

Noun

(en noun)

Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.

* Dryden

And prickly stubs instead of trees are found.

A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.

check stub'', ''ticket stub'', ''payment stub

(computing) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior. ( [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN185233570X&id=t4ZkqmbLHMMC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=stub+procedure+-remote&sig=SZtMm8JhyE9HUVlKbp-U_TG2-hY], [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0763707929&id=X_VlpfGoQRgC&pg=PA352&lpg=PA352&dq=stub+procedure+-remote&sig=oppYeiiRBcoPAkpkxZcbpcyaXIA).

* 1996 , Chip Weems, Nell Dale, Pascal :

Even though the stub is a dummy, it allows us to determine whether the procedure is called at the right time by the program or calling procedure.

(computing) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing. ( [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN3540419454&id=mH4MFwHDRB4C&pg=PA716&lpg=PA716&dq=stub+procedure&sig=r3IGw__iPlskg9HCllA6I4lqX-M], [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0849312728&id=Gc886KgsdcsC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=stub+procedure&sig=x-txczr_KTmgepfZBsxPHy7Vncw)

* 2002 , Judith M Myerson, The Complete Book of Middleware :

After this, the server stub calls the actual procedure on the server.

(wikis) A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.

The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog

An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract

(obsolete) A log; a block; a blockhead.

(Milton)

A pen with a short, blunt nib.

A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.

Hyponyms

* stubble * stump

Antonyms

* (computer) skeleton (4)

Derived terms

* pencil stub * pay stub

Verb

(stubb)

To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.

To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.

To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.

I stubbed my toe trying to find the light switch in the dark.

Derived terms

* unstubbed

References

External links

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Anagrams

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Alternative forms

Noun

pillar

column (upright supporting beam)

Declension

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stun

English

Verb

(stunn)

To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.

Bill tried to stun the snake by striking it on the head.

In many European countries cattle have to be stunned before slaughtering.

To shock or surprise.

The celebrity was stunned to find herself confronted with unfounded allegiations on the front page of a newspaper.

He stood there stunned , looking at the beautiful, breath-taking sunrise.

(snooker, billiards) To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball

Noun

(-)

The condition of being stunned.

(billiard, snooker, pool) The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.