different between quote vs stanza

English

Etymology

From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quot?re (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw??t/
• Hyphenation: quote
• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

quote (plural quotes)

1. A quotation; a statement attributed to a person.
2. A quotation mark.
3. A summary of work to be done with a set price.

   After going over the hefty quotes, the board decided it was cheaper to have the project executed by its own staff.

4. A price set for a financial security or commodity.

Usage notes

Until the late 19th century, quote was exclusively used as a verb. Since then, it has been used as a shortened form of either quotation or quotation mark; see etymology, above. This use as a noun is well understood and widely used, although it is often rejected in formal and academic contexts.

Derived terms

• double-quote
• pull-quote

Translations

References

• quote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

quote (third-person singular simple present quotes, present participle quoting, simple past and past participle quoted)

1. (transitive) To repeat (the exact words of a person).

   The writer quoted the president's speech.

2. (transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price.
3. (commerce, transitive) To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
4. (intransitive) To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
5. (archaic) To observe, to take account of.

Synonyms

• (repeat words): cite

Antonyms

• end quote
• unquote

Derived terms

Related terms

• quote unquote

Translations

See also

• attest
• invoice
• MSRP

References

Anagrams

• toque

French

Verb

quote

1. first-person singular present indicative of quoter
2. third-person singular present indicative of quoter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of quoter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of quoter
5. second-person singular imperative of quoter

See also

• quote-part

Anagrams

• toque

Italian

Noun

quote f

1. plural of quota

Latin

Adjective

quote

1. vocative masculine singular of quotus

English

Etymology

From Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin st?ns, stantis, from st?, st?re, from Proto-Italic *sta??, from Proto-Indo-European *sth?éh?yeti, stative verb from *steh?- (whence English stand). Doublet of stance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?stænz?/
• Rhymes: -ænz?

Noun

stanza (plural stanzas)

1. A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.
2. (architecture) An apartment or division in a building.
3. (computing) An XML element which acts as basic unit of meaning in XMPP.
   • 2011, P. Saint-Andre, RFC 6120 - Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Core

     Definition of XML Stanza: An XML stanza is the basic unit of meaning in XMPP.

   • 2009, Tim Riley, Adam Goucher, Beautiful Testing: Leading Professionals Reveal How They Improve Software

     Whenever an XMPP client generates an XML stanza, it typically constructs the XML of the stanza by building up a structured document […]

   • 2009, John Rittinghouse, James F. Ransome, Cloud Computing: Implementation, Management, and Security

     Technically speaking, federation is the ability for two XMPP servers in different domains to exchange XML stanzas.

4. (broadcasting) A segment; a portion of a broadcast devoted to a particular topic.
5. (sports) A period; an interval into which a sporting event is divided.

Derived terms

Related terms

• stance
• stand

Translations

See also

• strophe

Anagrams

• ansatz

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin st?ns, stantis, from st?, st?re.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -antsa

• IPA^(key): /?stan?tsa/

Noun

stanza f (plural stanze)

1. room
2. stanza

Descendants

• ? Old French: estance
  • ? Middle English: staunce
    • English: stance

Middle Norwegian

Etymology

Related to Old Norse standa.

Verb

stanza

1. to stop

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: stanse

References

• “stanza” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) stànza
• (Puter) staunza

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin st?ns, stantis, from st?, st?re, from Proto-Indo-European *steh?-.

Noun

stanza f (plural stanzas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) room

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) chombra
• (Sursilvan) combra
• (Surmiran) tgombra