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Stuck vs Stopped - What's the difference?

stuck | stopped |

As a noun stuck

is one, piece, article (of a ware; often not translated in engish).

As a verb stopped is

(stop).

As an adjective stopped is

(of a vehicle) not moving, but not properly parked or berthed;.

stuck

English

Etymology 1

Verb

  • (stick) (which in the past was sticked )

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Trapped and unable to move.
    • Sue tried to squeeze through the window, but got stuck .
    Can you shift this gate? I think it's stuck .
  • Unable to progress.
    • ''I'm stuck on this question in the test.
    Derived terms
    * stuck on

    Etymology 2

    Compare stoccado.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A thrust.
  • * 1599 , , IV. vii. 160:
    • If he by chance escape your venomed stuck, / Our purpose may hold there.
    (Webster 1913)

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    stopped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stop)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a vehicle) Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed;
    • We were stopped for more than three hours!
    ''They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.
  • (more generally) In the state resulting from having stopped.
    • A stopped clock is right twice a day.
  • (of a pipe) Having a stop; being closed at one end.
  • (of a plant) In a well-pruned state.
  • (phonetics) Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b'', ''d'', ''p'', and ''t .

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