different between duty vs stint
duty
English
Etymology
From Middle English duete, from Middle English dewe) + Middle English -te, (borrowed from Old French -te from Latin -t?tem, accusative masculine singular of -t?s). Akin to due + -ty (Alternative form of -ity).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?dju?ti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /du?ti/
- Rhymes: -u?ti
- Homophone: doody (for some speakers)
Noun
duty (countable and uncountable, plural duties)
- That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
- 1805, 21 October, Horatio Nelson
- England expects that every man will do his duty.
- Captain Edward Carlisle […] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
- 1805, 21 October, Horatio Nelson
- The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task.
- A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.
- customs duty; excise duty
- (obsolete) One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XX:
- Take that which is thy duty, and goo thy waye.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XX:
- (obsolete) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
- The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).
Usage notes
- Adjectives often used with "duty": public, private, moral, legal, social, double, civic, contractual, political, judicial, etc.
Synonyms
- (that which one is obligated to do): obligation
Antonyms
- duty-free (taxes)
- (that which one is obligated to do): right
Derived terms
Related terms
- due
Translations
Further reading
- duty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- duty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- duty at OneLook Dictionary Search
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?dut?]
Participle
duty
- past passive participle of du?
Declension
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stint
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
From Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in ?stintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-Germanic *stuntijan? and Proto-Germanic *stintan? (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”).
Verb
stint (third-person singular simple present stints, present participle stinting, simple past and past participle stinted)
- (archaic, intransitive) To stop (an action); cease, desist.
- 1460-1500, The Towneley Plays?
- We maun have pain that never shall stint.
- 1460-1500, The Towneley Plays?
- (obsolete, intransitive) To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
- Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales:
- Now wol I stynten of this Arveragus, / And speken I wole of Dorigen his wyf
- Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales:
- (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
- Synonym: skimp
- (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
- 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies
- I shall not in the least go about to extenuate the Latitude of it: or to stint it only to the Produ?tion of Weeds, of Thorns, Thisiles, and other the less useful Kinds of Plants
- 1729, William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
- She stints them in their meals.
- 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies
- To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
- (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
- 1861, John Henry Walsh, The Horse, in the Stable and the Field
- The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work.
- 1861, John Henry Walsh, The Horse, in the Stable and the Field
Translations
Noun
stint (plural stints)
- A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
- Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
- God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power.
- Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
- 1779, William Cowper, Retirement
- His old stint — three thousand pounds a year.
- 1779, William Cowper, Retirement
Translations
Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
Noun
stint (plural stints)
- Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
stint (plural stints)
- Misspelling of stent (medical device).
Anagrams
- 'tisn't, it'sn't, tints
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
- stunt
- stänt
- stejnt
- stönt
- stant
Etymology
Related to stött (“short,”) stynt (“to shorten.”)
Noun
stint f (definite & vocative stinta, vocative plural stinte)
- A girl, i.e. an unmarried woman.
Declension
Synonyms
- gänt
- täus
Derived terms
- gamstint
- gjetarstint
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