different between stagger vs pace
stagger
English
Etymology
From Middle English stageren, stakeren, from Old Norse stakra (“to push, stagger”). Cognate with dialectal Danish stagre.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?stæ??/?
- (US) IPA(key): /?stæ??/
- Rhymes: -æ??(r)
Noun
stagger (plural staggers)
- An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion
- 7 October 2012, Paolo Bandini in The Guardian, Denver Broncos 21 New England Patriots 31 - as it happened
- Put down the rosary beads folks, I believe hell may just have frozen over. Peyton Manning drops back, sees nothing open and runs for a first down. If you can call that running. More like the stagger of a wounded rhino. Did the job, though
- 1861, Ellen Wood, East Lynne Chapter 39
- Afy slowly gathered in the sense of the words. She gasped twice, as if her breath had gone, and then, with a stagger and a shiver, fell heavily to the ground.
- 1843, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Stave 2
- And when old Fezziwig and Mrs. Fezziwig had gone all through the dance; advance and retire; both hands to your partner, bow and courtesy, corkscrew, thread the needle, and back again to your place; Fezziwig "cut"—cut so deftly that he appeared to wink with his legs, and came upon his feet again without a stagger.
- 7 October 2012, Paolo Bandini in The Guardian, Denver Broncos 21 New England Patriots 31 - as it happened
- (veterinary medicine) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling
- Bewilderment; perplexity.
- The spacing out of various actions over time.
- 19 April 2016, Rachel Roddy in The Guardian, Rachel Roddy’s Roman spring vegetable stew recipe
- I don’t include cured pork, although it is very nice, and rather than putting everything in the pan at once I prefer a stagger of ingredients, which ensures each one gets the right amount of time.
- 19 April 2016, Rachel Roddy in The Guardian, Rachel Roddy’s Roman spring vegetable stew recipe
- (motor racing) The difference in circumference between the left and right tires on a racing vehicle. It is used on oval tracks to make the car turn better in the corners.
- (aviation) The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.
Translations
Verb
stagger (third-person singular simple present staggers, present participle staggering, simple past and past participle staggered)
- Sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
- (intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.
- She began to stagger across the room.
- Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow.
- (transitive) To cause to reel or totter.
- The powerful blow of his opponent's fist staggered the boxer.
- (intransitive) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
- 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation
- The enemy staggers.
- 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation
- (intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.
- Doubt, waver, be shocked.
- (intransitive) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
- He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief.
- (transitive) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
- He will stagger the committee when he presents his report.
- 1640, James Howell, England's Teares for the present Warres
- whosoever will be curious to read the future story of this intricate war , if it be possible to compile a story of it , he will find himself much staggered.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, a letter to a noble lord
- Grants to the house of Russell were so enormous, as not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger credibility.
- (intransitive) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
- (transitive) Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly-spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).
- To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
- To arrange similar objects such that each is ahead or above and to one side of the next.
- We will stagger the starting positions for the race on the oval track.
- To schedule in intervals.
- We will stagger the run so the faster runners can go first, then the joggers.
Translations
See also
- bestagger
- staggeringly
- staggers
References
Anagrams
- gagster, gargets, taggers
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pace
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas; cf. also pass. Cognate with Spanish pasear.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /pe?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Noun
pace (plural paces)
- Step.
- A step taken with the foot. [from 14th century]
- The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements. [from 14th century]
- Way of stepping.
- A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. [from 14th century]
- Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait. [from 15th century]
- A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. [from 14th century]
- Speed or velocity in general. [from 15th century]
- (cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing. [from 19th century]
- (collective) A group of donkeys.
- 1952, G. B. Stern, The Donkey Shoe, The Macmillan Company (1952), page 29:
- […] but at Broadstairs and other places along the coast, a pace of donkeys stood on the sea-shore expectant (at least, their owners were expectant) of children clamouring to ride.
- 2006, "Drop the dead donkeys", The Economist, 9 November 2006:
- A pace of donkeys fans out in different directions.
- 2007, Elinor De Wire, The Lightkeepers' Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses, Pineapple Press (2007), ?ISBN, page 200:
- Like a small farm, the lighthouse compound had its chattering of chicks, pace of donkeys, troop of horses, and fold of sheep.
- 1952, G. B. Stern, The Donkey Shoe, The Macmillan Company (1952), page 29:
- (obsolete) Passage, route.
- (obsolete) One's journey or route. [14th-18th century]
- (obsolete) A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc. [14th-17th century]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- But when she saw them gone she forward went, / As lay her journey, through that perlous Pace [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- (obsolete) An aisle in a church. [15th-19th century]
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
pace (not comparable)
- (cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.
Verb
pace (third-person singular simple present paces, present participle pacing, simple past and past participle paced)
- To walk back and forth in a small distance.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
- Groups of men, in all imaginable attitudes, were lying, standing, sitting, or pacing up and down.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
- To set the speed in a race. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- To measure by walking.
Derived terms
- (set the speed in a race): pacemaker
Translations
Etymology 2
From Latin p?ce (“in peace”), ablative form of p?x (“peace”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pæt?e?/, /?p??t?e?/, /?pe?si?/
Preposition
pace
- (formal) With all due respect to.
Usage notes
Used when expressing a contrary opinion, in formal speech or writing.
Translations
Etymology 3
Alteration of archaic Pasch.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pe?s/
Noun
pace (plural paces)
- Easter.
Derived terms
- pace egg
References
Anagrams
- APEC, CAPE, Cape, EAPC, EPAC, EPCA, PECA, cape
Esperanto
Etymology
paco +? -e
Pronunciation
Adverb
pace
- peacefully
Galician
Verb
pace
- third-person singular present indicative of pacer
- second-person singular imperative of pacer
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa.tse/
Noun
pace (uncountable)
- peace
Italian
Etymology
From Latin p?cem, accusative of p?x (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh??-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa.t??e/
- Hyphenation: pà?ce
Noun
pace f (plural paci)
- peace
Adverb
pace
- (colloquial) peace be with you; that's it; end of the story
Related terms
Anagrams
- cape
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?pa?.ke/, [?pä?k?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?pa.t??e/, [?p??t???]
Noun
p?ce
- ablative singular of p?x
Middle English
Verb
pace
- proceed; go forward
- 1387-1410, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue
- Er that I ferther in this tale pace, / Me thynketh it acordaunt to resoun / To telle yow al the condicioun / Of ech of hem, so as it semed me, / And whiche they weren, and of what degree […]
- 1387-1410, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue
Pali
Alternative forms
Verb
pace
- first-person singular present/imperative middle of pacati (“to cook”)
- singular optative active of pacati (“to cook”)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa.t?s?/
Noun
pace m anim
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pac
Noun
pace f
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of paca
Noun
pace f
- dative/locative singular of paka
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin p?cem, accusative of p?x (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh??-.
Noun
pace f (uncountable)
- peace
Declension
Antonyms
- r?zboi
Derived terms
- pa?nic
Related terms
- împ?ca
See also
- lini?te
Spanish
Verb
pace
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pacer.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pacer.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of pacer.
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