What is the difference between stunt and vert?
stunt | vert |
A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
(archaic) skill
* 1912 , Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1
A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.
To check or hinder the growth or development of.
(cheerleading) To perform a stunt.
(intransitive, slang, AAVE) To show off; to posture.
* Hussein Fatal (Bruce Washington), I Don't Like That (rap song)
A check in growth.
That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber.
English terms with multiple etymologies
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(label) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
(label) Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
(label) The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.
:* 1819': “I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of '''vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.” — Walter Scott, ''Ivanhoe
(label) In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.
In context|archaic|lang=en terms the difference between stunt and vert
is that stunt is (archaic) skill while vert is (archaic) the right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.As nouns the difference between stunt and vert
is that stunt is a daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills or stunt can be a check in growth while vert is (tincture) a green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise or vert can be (colloquial) in sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.As a verb stunt
is to check or hinder the growth or development of.As a adjective vert is
(tincture) in blazon, of the colour green.stunt
English
Etymology 1
Unknown.Noun
(en noun)- "See if you can hit the barrel, Joe," urged George Bland. "A lot of us have missed it, including Peaches, who seems to think his particular stunt is high throwing."
Derived terms
* publicity stunt * stunt double * stuntman * stuntperson * stuntwomanEtymology 2
From dialectal . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)- Some have said smoking stunts your growth.
- The politician timed his announcement to stunt any surge in the polls his opponent might gain from the convention.
- I don't like his style, and he always stuntin' .