Stuck vs Remain - What's the difference?
stuck | remain |
(stick) (which in the past was sticked )
Trapped and unable to move.
Unable to progress.
(obsolete) A thrust.
* 1599 , , IV. vii. 160:
State of remaining; stay.
That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
(plural only) remains : That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead.
To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
* Bible, (w) vi. 12
* (John Locke)
To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
* Bible, (Genesis) xxxviii. 11
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(copulative) To continue in a state of being.
As verbs the difference between stuck and remain
is that stuck is past tense of stick (which in the past was sticked while remain is to stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.As nouns the difference between stuck and remain
is that stuck is a thrust while remain is state of remaining; stay.As an adjective stuck
is trapped and unable to move.stuck
English
Etymology 1
Verb
Adjective
(en adjective)- Sue tried to squeeze through the window, but got stuck .
- Can you shift this gate? I think it's stuck .
- ''I'm stuck on this question in the test.
Derived terms
* stuck onEtymology 2
Compare stoccado.Noun
(en noun)- If he by chance escape your venomed stuck, / Our purpose may hold there.
Anagrams
*remain
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Gather up the fragments that remain .
- Thatremains to be proved.
- Remain a widow at thy father's house.
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