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Team vs Stopper - What's the difference?

team | stopper |

As nouns the difference between team and stopper

is that team is team while stopper is agent noun of stop, someone or something that stops something.

As a verb stopper is

to close a container by using a stopper.

team

English

(wikipedia team)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) teme, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
  • * Macaulay
    • It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some neighbouring farm to tug them out of the slough.
  • * 1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, p. 111:
    • The adjacent alleys were choked with tethered wagons, the teams reversed and nuzzling gnawed corn-ears over the tail-boards.
  • Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
    • We need more volunteers for the netball team .
    The IT manager leads a team of three software developers.
  • (obsolete) A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
  • * Holland
    • a team of ducklings about her
  • * Dryden
    • a long team of snowy swans on high
  • (UK, legal, obsolete) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
  • * ALEXANDER M. BURRILL, LAW DICTIONARY & GLOSSARY, vol II, 1871 URL: http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924022836450
    • TEAM, Theam, Tem, Them. Sax. [from tyman, to propagate, to teem.] In old English law. Literally, an offspring, race or generation. A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes and villeins, and their offspring or suit. They who had a jurisdiction of this kind, were said to have a court of Theme... constantly used in the old books in connection with toll, in the expression Toll & Team.
    Usage notes
    * When referring to the actions of a sports team, British English typically uses the third-person plural form rather than the third-person singular. However, this is not done in other contexts such as in business or politics. ** **: Manchester were unable to bring the strong team they originally intended, ** **: Leeds were champions again.
    Descendants
    * German: (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form a group, as for sports or work.
    • They teamed to complete the project.
  • To convey or haul with a team.
    • to team lumber
    (Thoreau)
    Derived terms
    * double-team

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    * * * * English collective nouns 1000 English basic words ----

    stopper

    English

    (Eugenia)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Agent noun of stop, someone or something that stops something.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter IX , passage=“It just shows you what women are like. A frightful sex, Bertie. There ought to be a law. I hope to live to see the day when women are no longer allowed.” “That would rather put a stopper on keeping the human race going, wouldn't it?” “Well, who wants to keep the human race going?”}}
  • * 2000 , Carole B. Cox, Empowering Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (page 28)
    • Often, in our conversations we encourage people to talk, or we manage to stop them. This can happen without our even thinking about it. Following is a list of conversation starters and stoppers .
  • A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
    • Put a stopper in the knot.
  • A bung or cork
    • We need a stopper or the boat will sink.
  • (slang, soccer) goalkeeper
    • He's the number one stopper in the country.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 15 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Man City 4 - 3 Wolves , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=And just before the interval, Kolarov, who was having one of his better games in a City shirt, fizzed in a cracker from 30 yards which the Wolves stopper unconvincingly pushed behind for a corner. }}
  • (finance, slang) In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity.
    • Cattle futures: spillover momentum plus evidence of a strong stopper (i.e., 96 loads demanded) should kick the opening higher.
  • (rail transport) A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
  • (botany) Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia , found in Florida and the West Indies.
    • the red stopper
  • A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.

    • Synonyms

    * (rail transport) local * (bung) plug

    Antonyms

    * (rail transport) fast, express

    Derived terms

    * * ring stopper * stopper bolt

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to close a container by using a stopper.
    • He tightly stoppered the decanter, thinking the expensive liqueur had been evaporating.
    The diaphragmatic spasm of his hiccup caused his epiglottis to painfully stopper his windpipe with a loud "hic".

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----