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Swap vs Stole - What's the difference?

swap | stole |

As nouns the difference between swap and stole

is that swap is an exchange of two comparable things while stole is an ecclesiastical garment or stole can be (botany) a stolon.

As verbs the difference between swap and stole

is that swap is to exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else) while stole is (steal).

swap

English

(wikipedia swap)

Alternative forms

* swop

Noun

(en noun)
  • An exchange of two comparable things.
  • (Sir Walter Scott)
  • (finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) A blow; a stroke.
  • (computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
  • How much swap do you need?

    Derived terms

    * credit default swap * swap meet * total return swap * swapsies

    Synonyms

    * barter * trade * quid pro quo

    Verb

    (swapp)
  • To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
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  • (label) To strike, hit.
  • *:
  • *:And soo sir launcelot rode on the one syde and she on the other / he had not ryden but a whyle / but the knyghte badde sir Launcelot torne hym and loke behynde hym // and there wyth was the knyghte and the lady on one syde / & sodenly he swapped of his ladyes hede
  • (label) To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently.
  • :
  • *(Geoffrey Chaucer) (c.1343-1400)
  • *:All suddenly she swapt adown to ground.
  • (label) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
  • Derived terms

    * swap in, swap out

    Synonyms

    * (exchange) exchange, trade, switch

    Anagrams

    * * * * ----

    stole

    English

    Etymology 1

    From the verb to steal .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (steal)
  • Etymology 2

    (etyl) stole, (etyl) stola, (etyl) , from "to set", "place", "equip", "send", akin to English stall.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An ecclesiastical garment.
  • * Certain robes indicate a position in the hierarchy; others correspond to function and may be worn by the same individual at different times. The most important vestment among the insignia [of the clergy] is the stole', the emblem of sacerdotal status, the origin of which is the ancient pallium. The '''stole originally was a draped garment, then a folded one with the appearance of a scarf, and, finally, in the 4th century, a scarf. As a symbol of jurisdiction in the Roman Empire, the supreme pontiff (the pope, or bishop of Rome) conferred it upon archbishops and, later, upon bishops, as emblematic of their sharing in the papal authority. ''Copyright 1994-1998 Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedia Edition
  • A scarf-like garment, often made of fur.
  • Etymology 3

    (etyl) stolo, (-onis).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A stolon.
  • References

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    Anagrams

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